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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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