Explanation:

Only statements 1&2 are correct.

Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023) at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.

• It is published by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) on a biennial basis since 1987.

• It carries out an in-depth assessment of the forest and tree resources of the country based on interpretation of Remote Sensing satellite data and field based National Forest Inventory (NFI).

• The Forest and Tree cover of India is 25.17 percent of the geographical area and in that 21.76% is forest cover and 3.41% is tree cover.

• As compared to assessment of 2021, there is an increase in the forest and tree cover of the country.

• Top four states showing maximum increase in forest and tree cover are Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan.

• Top three states showing maximum increase in forest cover are Mizoram, Gujarat and Odisha.

• Area wise top three states having largest forest and tree cover are Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Maharashtra

• The India State of Forest Report 2023 is 18th such report in the series.

• The report contains information on forest cover, tree cover, mangrove cover, growing stock, carbon stock in India’s forests, instances of forest fire, Agroforestry, etc.

Hence option 2nd is correct.