Naib government's most important decision, trees and trees will not be considered on less than 5 hectares of land in Haryana -Haryana governments large decision -making trees and bushes based on less than 5 hectares in Haryana

The Haryana government has changed the definition of forest area whereby trees that have grown on less than five hectares of land outside the reported forest areas will not be considered forest. According to the new rules, the areas along the reported forests must have at least two hectares of land for the forest. This change is expected to reduce the forest area of the state. Sudhir Tanwar, Chandigarh. In Haryana, trees and bushes grow on less than five hectares of land separated from the reported forest not considered a forest. In the case of an area next to the reported forests, there must be a minimum of two hectares of land for the forest. Vegetable -umbrella density (density of the spread of trees or leaves of trees) should be 0.4 or more. Anand Mohan Sharan, additional general secretary, environmental, forest and wildlife division, issued an order in this regard. All the linear/intensive/agricultural developments/plantation and gardens outside the forest notified by the government will not be considered forest. So far, there must have been a minimum ground of one hectare to declare an area forest, which has more than 10 percent trees umbrella density. The new rule can reduce the forest area of Haryana. The special thing is that the forest area in the state has increased by only 12 square kilometers, despite spending rupees, between 2019 and 2023. In the past five years, Haryana RS 982 crore under Campa (Companteries Eisvation Fund Management and Planning Authority) received from the central government, RS four and a half crore under the city bush schema, RS 17 Lakh The Forest Fire Prevention and Management Scheme and about eight crore calls under the Green Bharat mission. That is, an amount of more than Rs 994 crore has been allocated from the center in total. According to India State Forest Report (ISFR) -2019, the forest area of Haryana was 1,602 square km, which rose to 1,614,26 square kilometers in 2023. That is, an increase of 12.26 square kilometers. During this period there was an increase in 146.35 square km in Himachal Pradesh and 224.39 square kilometers in Jammu and Kashmir. However, during this period, Punjab saw a decrease of 2.91 square kilometers. According to Isfr report, a forest area of just 30 square kilometers in ten years, between 2013 and 2023, the forest area in Haryana registered an increase of only 30.88 square kilometers. During this period, Himachal Pradesh recorded an increase of 897.35 square km and Punjab 55.31 square km. The forest area in Jammu and Kashmir increased by 398.12 square kilometers and Ladakh 807.92 square kilometers. According to the report of the entire Central Strong Committee, the target of foresting could not be made, the target of Haryana foresting from 2019-20 to 2023-24 was 5,803,08 hectares, of which 5,012,91 hectares were planted in the area. For these years, the central government granted financial approval of 962.22 crore, but the state government released 1.041 crore, which is more than the approved amount. Nevertheless, only 57.38 percent of the Campa fund was spent.