Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Monday released the India State of Forest report. The minister said that the total forest and tree cover of India is 80.73 million hectares which is 24.56 % of the geographical area of the country. There has been an increase in forest cover in Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in last 2 years.