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Option 3 : Assam

  • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released ISFR (India state of Forest report) 2017.
  • The report has revealed that the forest cover of India has increased by 8021 sq Km from 2015.
  • A/Q to report, 7 States/UTs have more than 75% forest cover: 
    • Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Manipur.
  • The report also states that total forest and tree cover is 24.39% of geographical area of the country.

Hence, option 3 is correct.

  • Extra:-
    • The lowest forest and tree cover in the country is in Haryana, at 6.79 % of its geographical area.
    • Highest forest and tree cover (In terms of %) is in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep at 97% of its geographical area.
    • Highest forest and tree cover (In terms of area) is in Madhya Pradesh, with 85,487 sq km.
    • Prakash Javadekar is the Minister responsible for the MoEFCC
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