The percentage of forest cover recommended by the National Forest Policy (1988) is

Options

A. 33% for plains and 67% for hills
B. 37% for plains and 63% for hills
C. 20% for plains and 70% for hills
D. 23% for plains and 77% for hills

Answer

A

Explanation

According to national forest policy minimum of one third of the total land area of the country under forest or tree cover and in hills it should be to maintain two third. Thus 66% of the land in the hills and 30% in the plains.