In a report submitted to the NGT last week, the ministry said that as of March 2024, a total of 13,05,668.1 hectares (or 13,056 sq km) of forest area was under encroachment in 25 states and UTs ...

Among the Capital’s districts, south Delhi is the greenest, with 44.58% (70.89 sq km) of its total area of 159 sqkm area under forest cover, the report said.

India is at number 10 in the world in terms of forest cover with a total forest area of around 721,600 square kilometres, which equals around 24.3% of its geographic area.

Total loss within the last two decades is equal to three times the area of Delhi. Maximum loss of 2,137.43 sq km has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, which is 3.24% of the forest area recorded ...

India’s forest and tree cover has reached a quarter of the country’s total geographical area, according to the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023, released by the Government of India on ...

Madhya Pradesh, which has the largest forest cover in the country at 77,073 square kilometres, diverted the most forest land -- 385.52 square kilometres -- during this period.