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Forest gain area - India
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- India ranks third in the world in terms of forest gain area.
- India has added 2,66,000 hectares of forest area every year between 2010 and 2020.
- This is according to the Economic Survey released by the Department of Economic Affairs recently.
- 24% of the total geographical area of India is covered with forest.
- The Indian forests accounts to 2% of the forests in the world.
- According to the survey, the countries with maximum forest are Brazil, Congo, Peru, and Russia.
- In India, Madhya Pradesh had the highest forest cover.
- It was followed by Arunachal Pradesh.
- The highest proportion of forest, that is, the area covered under forest as compared to the geographical area of the state is as follows:
- Mizoram: 85%
- Arunachal Pradesh: 79%
- Meghalaya: 76%
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