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The Indian State of the Forest Report (ISFR) is published by:

Correct answer: (B) Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun.

The India State of Forest Report is brought out by the Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, on a biennial basis.

  1. (A)

    ISRO

  2. (B)

    Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun

  3. (C)

    MoEFCC directly

  4. (D)

    Wildlife Institute of India

Explanation

The Indian State of the Forest Report, or ISFR, is associated with Forest Survey of India because FSI is the agency that brings out the report, not merely a data supplier. The PIB release on ISFR 2023 says the report is brought out by FSI on a biennial basis and that FSI assesses the country’s forest and tree resources using interpretation of remote-sensing satellite data along with field-based National Forest Inventory inputs. This also explains why the report is the standard official source for national forest and tree-cover figures. In ISFR 2023, total forest and tree cover is reported as 8,27,357 sq km, or 25.17 percent of India’s geographical area.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) ISRO may be linked with satellite data, but the report itself is brought out by Forest Survey of India, not ISRO.
  • (C) The PIB release records the Union Environment Minister releasing ISFR 2023, but it says the report is brought out by FSI, so MoEFCC is not the direct publisher asked here.
  • (D) The Wildlife Institute of India is not identified as the body that brings out ISFR; the publishing role belongs to Forest Survey of India.

Concept

This tests institutional mapping in Environment and Ecology: which official body publishes which environmental report. RAS often repeats such questions because reports like ISFR anchor forest-cover data used in policy and exam explanations.

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