A CAG audit revealed India's Green India Mission (GIM) largely failed its decade-long forest restoration goals, achieving less than a tenth of targets. Critical for Paris Agreement commitments, GIM's scheme convergence never materialized, replaced by plantation drives. Despite sapling counts, actual forest cover gains are minimal; dense forests are thinning. The text argues mere tree planting, as in the Aravallis, cannot undo ecological damage; restoration isn't simple landscaping. The author concludes the state prioritizes counting trees over genuine forest regeneration.