List of countries by forest area

Country	Forested area(km2)	% of land area
Russia	7,762,602	45.40%
Brazil	4,776,980	56.10%
Canada	3,101,340	31.06%
United States	3,030,890	30.84%
China	1,821,000	18.21%
Australia	1,470,832	19.00%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,219,326	52.00%
Argentina	945,336	34.00%
Indonesia	884,950	46.46%
India	778,424	23.68%
Mexico	710,000	36.50%
Peru	687,420	53.49%
Sudan (including South Sudan)	675,460	26.96%
Mozambique	620,000	78.00%
Colombia	607,280	53.32%
Angola	591,040	47.41%
Bolivia	587,400	53.47%
Venezuela	471,378	51.68%
Myanmar (Burma)	430,560	63.64%
Zambia	376,309	50.00%
Tanzania	352,570	37.22%
Queensland	346,130	20.00%
Sudan	327,909	17.62%
Sweden	307,850	74.90%
Papua New Guinea	294,370	63.60%
Spain	283,007	56.00%
Zimbabwe	259,267	66.35%
Japan	253,203	67.00%
France including overseas	246,640	36.76%
Finland	233,320	69.00%
Central African Republic	227,550	36.53%
Gabon	227,517	85.00%
Congo	224,710	65.70%
Cameroon	212,450	44.68%
Turkey	201,992	25.77%
Malaysia	195,200	59.50%
Paraguay	184,750	45.42%
Laos	170,000	71.60%
Chile	158,781	21.00%
Guyana	151,040	70.26%
South Sudan	148,196	23.00%
Suriname	147,760	90.20%
Thailand	147,620	29.00%
Madagascar	128,380	21.87%
Mali	125,720	10.14%
Vietnam	123,000	37.14%
Botswana	119,430	20.53%
Chad	119,210	09.28%
Ecuador	115,510	42.00%
Germany	113,176	31.70%
Niger	112,000	08.00%
Nigeria	110,890	12.00%
Iran	110,750	06.72%
Guatemala	108,894	51.00%
Italy	106,736	35.00%
Ukraine	105,000	17.00%
Mongolia	102,520	06.55%
Norway	93,870	28.99%
Cambodia	93,350	51.56%
Morocco	90,772	08.00%
Poland	90,000	28.80%
South Africa	89,170	07.31%
Senegal	86,730	44.09%
New Zealand	85,424	31.87%
Belarus	80,134	38.60%
Namibia	76,610	09.29%
North Korea	76,240	63.25%
Philippines	71,620	23.87%
Somalia	71,310	11.18%
Burkina Faso	67,940	24.78%
Honduras	67,254	60.00%
Guinea	67,240	27.35%
South Korea	63,940	64.00%
Romania	63,700	26.72%
Benin	61,860	54.93%
Kazakhstan	54,498	02.00%
Nicaragua	51,890	39.80%
Uganda	50,000	20.74%
Panama	42,940	56.93%
Pakistan	42,240	05.31%
Algeria	42,000	01.70%
Turkmenistan	41,270	08.46%
Austria	39,600	47.20%
Ethiopia	39,313	03.56%
Nepal	39,000	26.50%
Greece	37,520	28.43%
Bulgaria	36,250	32.69%
Malawi	33,176	28.00%
Portugal	32,400	36.50%
Liberia	31,540	28.32%
Côte d'Ivoire	30,000	09.30%
Latvia	28,807	44.60%
United Kingdom	28,650	11.76%
Georgia	27,880	40.00%
Sierra Leone	27,540	38.39%
Cuba	27,130	24.47%
Saudi Arabia	27,000	01.26%
Czech Republic	26,000	34.00%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25,599	53.00%
Croatia	24,901	44.00%
Bhutan	24,764	64.50%
Ghana	24,600	10.20%
Estonia	23,066	51.00%
Solomon Islands	22,534 to 23,117	78.00 to 80.00%
Lithuania	21,223	32.50%
Serbia	20,868	23.63%
Guinea-Bissau	20,720	57.36%
Tunisia	20,615	12.60%
Costa Rica	20,440	40.00%
Slovakia	20,006	40.80%
Uzbekistan	19,690	04.40%
Sri Lanka	19,330	29.46%
Hungary	18,513	19.90%
Belize	16,530	71.98%
Equatorial Guinea	16,320	58.18%
Eritrea	15,540	13.21%
Dominican Republic	13,384	27.50%
Kenya	13,200	02.27%
Oman	13,050	04.22%
Slovenia	12,574	59.80%
Switzerland	12,425	30.80%
Albania	10,349	36.00%
Macedonia	10,285	40.00%
Fiji	10,000	54.72%
Azerbaijan	9,360	10.81%
Bangladesh	8,710	06.05%
Kyrgyzstan	8,690	04.35%
Iraq	8,220	01.88%
Togo	8,000	14.00%
Timor-Leste	7,980	53.65%
Uruguay	7,000	04.00%
Ireland	6,690	09.52%
Belgium	6,607	21.64%
Montenegro	6,252	45.26%
Denmark	5,171	12.00%
Bahamas	5,150	51.45%
Gambia	4,857	43.00%
Syria	4,610	02.49%
Yemen	4,490	00.85%
Vanuatu	4,470	36.67%
Tajikistan	4,100	02.87%
Netherlands	3,650	08.79%
Jamaica	3,308	30.10%
Moldova	3,290	09.72%
Rwanda	3,161	12.00%
United Arab Emirates	3,120	03.73%
El Salvador	2,980	14.16%
Armenia	2,974	10.00%
Brunei	2,780	48.22%
Mauritania	2,670	00.26%
Trinidad and Tobago	2,260	44.07%
Libya	2,170	00.12%
Cyprus	1,740	18.81%
Afghanistan	1,631	00.25%
Israel	1,600	07.00%
Lebanon	1,383	13.30%
Burundi	1,270	04.50%
Samoa	1,050	37.00%
Iceland	1,030	01.00%
Jordan	893	01.00%
Luxembourg	870	33.64%
Cape Verde	840	20.83%
Egypt	670	00.07%
Micronesia, Federated States of	630	89.74%
Mauritius	612	30.00%
Dominica	488	65.00%
Haiti	416	01.50%
Seychelles	407	89.45%
Palau	400	87.15%
Sao Tome and Principe	270	28.01%
Swaziland	174	01.00%
Saint Lucia	170	27.60%
Andorra	160	34.19%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	127	32.56%
Antigua and Barbuda	90	21.00%
Palestine	90	01.45%
Lesotho	80	00.26%
Liechtenstein	70	43.75%
Djibouti	60	00.26%
Kuwait	60	00.34%
Comoros	50	02.24%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	50	19.16%
Grenada	40	11.63%
Tonga	40	05.35%
Tuvalu	23	89.12%
Barbados	20	04.65%
Kiribati	20	02.47%
Singapore	20	03.00%
Maldives	10	03.56%
Bahrain	5	00.67%
Malta	3	00.95%
San Marino	1	01.64%
Qatar	0	00.00%

Some Important Launches of PSLV

1. PSLV had its first launch on 20 September 1993.
2. In September 2002, the 1060 kg KALPANA-1 was launched by PSLV-C4 into GTO.
3. On 17 October 2003, the 1360 kg Earth observing ResourceSat1 was launched by PSLV-C5.
4. On May 5, 2005, PSLV-C6 launched two satellites into orbit; CARTOSAT-1 a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite with cartographic applications, weighing 1560 kg, and HAMSAT providing satellite based radio service for amateur radio operators, weighing 42.5 kg into a high polar orbit (632 x 621 km).
5. On January 10, 2007, the PSLV-C7 carried four satellites - the 680 kg Indian remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2, the 550 kg Space Capsule Recovery Equipment (SRE-1), Indonesia's LAPAN-TUBSAT (60 kg) and Argentina's 6 kg nanosatellite called NANO PEHUENSAT-1 into orbit.
6. On April 23, 2007, the PSLV-C8 carried out India's first commercial satellite launch successfully. This was the AGILE for the Italian Space Agency as the main payload of the launch with the Advanced Avionics Module as a secondary payload.This was ISRO's first exclusively commercial launch. All launches of foreign satellites before this had been of micro-satellites or light weight satellites piggybacked on the PSLV, with an Indian satellite being the primary payload. The PSLV-C8 was also launched without its regular 6 strap-on boosters. Another first for ISRO was the inclination of 2.5o (equatorial orbit), which made launch comparatively riskier than usual.
7. On 21 January 2008, PSLV-C10 launched the Israeli TecSAR satellite successfully.
8. On 28 April 2008, PSLV-C9 launched ten satellites, the most number ISRO has deployed in one launch. PSLV-C9 successfully placed in orbit an imaging satellite Cartosat-2A, technology demonstrator IMS-1/TWSAT, and a cluster of eight nanosatellites from different countries.
9. On 22 October 2008, PSLV-C11 launched the 1380 kg Chandrayaan remote sensing satellite for lunar exploration.[14]. The satellite was successfully placed in the earth's orbit and then transferred to the lunar orbit on 8 November 2008.
10. On 20 April 2009, PSLV-C12 in core alone version successfully launched RISAT-2 and ANUSAT at 00:15 hours GMT from SDHC.

Update: On 23 September 2009, using PSLV-C14, a Core-Alone version of the PSLV, India successfully launched its 16th remote-sensing satellite Oceansat-2 and six nano European satellites in 1,200 seconds with the help of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from SDHC

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List Of Government Schemes

1. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY):

      a.  Launched on 25th December 2000.

    b. It is a nationwide plan to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages of more than 500 persons in the  rural areas (250 persons in the hilly and desertareas).

      c.  It is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

2. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY):

a.   launched on 2005 for providing access to electricity to all households in the country in five years.

b.   Under the programme, 90% grant is provided by Govt. of India and 10% as loan by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) to the State Governments.

c.    Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the programme.

d.   The scheme aims at electrification of over 1 lakh un-electrified villages and providing electricity connections to 2.34 crore rural households. The estimated cost of the scheme is approximately Rs. 51,000 crore.

e.   All the BPL families are eligible for free connections under the scheme.

3. Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY):

a.   Launched during 1985-86 as a sub-scheme of Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) and continued as a sub-scheme of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) since its launching from April, 1989.

b.   It has been delinked from the JRY and has been made an independent scheme with effect from January 1, 1996.

c.    The objective of IAY is primarily to provide grant for construction of houses to members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers and also to non-SC/ST rural people living below poverty line.

d.   Funding is shared between the Centre & State in the ratio of 75:25.