While there has been an increase of about seven per cent in the forest cover in Punjab, a number of irregularities in the utilisation of funds and land management have come to the fore.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/cag-picks-holes-state%E2%80%99s-forest-fund-management
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vijay-mohan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensatory-afforestation-fund-management-and-planning-authority-campa-0
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/comptroller-and-auditor-general-india-cag
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-encroachments