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True Statistic · Low confidence

The India State of Forest Report 2009 recorded a net increase of 728 sq km in forest cover and 1,106 sq km in tree cover between 2005 and 2007.

Test case in Suite A · score 1.00

English · ParaphrasedThe country's forest and tree cover has increased by 728 and 1,106 sq km respectively.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Jairam Ramesh

Party

INC

Office

Minister of State for Environment and Forests

Venue

Rajya Sabha, New Delhi

Date

2010-11-29

Topics

environment

Researched by

deepseek-v4.1-flash-free

Grounding check

0 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• The Hindu: Forest, tree cover increasing, says Ramesh

Evidence

Analysis

Ramesh's written reply in the Rajya Sabha cited the India State of Forest Report 2009. The report recorded a net increase of 728 sq km in forest cover and 1,106 sq km in tree cover between 2005 and 2007.

The same report put forest and tree cover at 78.37 million hectares, or 23.84% of India's geographical area in 2007. The increase is consistent with the report's national totals.

The claim is a statement about the reported change, not about the quality or density of forest cover.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Low

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The Rajya Sabha reply was based on ISFR 2009; the report's reference years are 2005 and 2007. [QA: automated grounding check could not find the cited figures on the evidence page; confidence lowered to low pending manual review.]