- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022.
- This is provided in section 4 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the supersession of the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003.
- It constituted an advisory committee, a regional empowered committee in each of the integrated regional offices and a screening committee at the State/Union Territory (UT) government level.
- According to the India Forest Status Report-2021, the total forest and tree cover area of India is now 7,13,789 square kilometres, which is 21.71% of the country's geographical area, up from 21.67% in 2019.
- Forest cover (in area): Madhya Pradesh > Arunachal Pradesh > Chhattisgarh > Odisha > Maharashtra.
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