According to India State of Forest Report 2021, what is the Total Forest and Tree cover in India?

🔑Key Points:
India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 is the 17th biennial assessment of India’s forests by the Forest Survey of India, an organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
The Total Forest and Tree cover is 24.62% of the geographical area of the country.
-The Total Forest cover is 7,13,789 sq km which is 21.71% of the geographical area of the country.
-The Tree cover is 2.91% of the geographical area of the country.

• As compared to ISFR 2019 the current assessment shows an increase of:
-0.28% of forest and tree cover put together, at the national level.
-Forest Cover: 0.22%
-Tree Cover: 0.76%

🔴Additional Information:
-Forest Cover: The forest canopy area is covered on the ground irrespective of the legal status of the land. It includes all tree patches which have a canopy density of more than 10% and an area of 1 ha or more in size.
-Tree cover: All patches of trees occurring outside Recorded Forest Area (RFA) which are of size less than 1 ha including the scattered trees. Tree cover forms an important part of the trees outside forests (TOF). Therefore, tree cover can be considered as a subset of Trees Outside Forest (TOF).
-Forest & Tree Cover: 'Forest cover' and 'tree cover' put together constitute 'Forest & Tree Cover' which is the key parameter for monitoring progress as per the 'National Forest Policy' goal of achieving 33% of the country's geographical area under green cover.
 

• Confusion PointsIn terms of forest cover:

• Percentage-wise top five States are:
-Mizoram (84.53%)
-Arunachal Pradesh (79.33%)
-Meghalaya (76.00%)
-Manipur (74.34%)
-Nagaland (73.90%)

• Area-wise top five States are:
-Madhya Pradesh
-Arunachal Pradesh
-Chhattisgarh
-Odisha 
-Maharashtra