The Centre's ambitious target of bringing a third of the country under forest cover, initiated under the National Forestry Action Programme, is in deep trouble due to lack of resources. A comprehensive strategic plan, launched in 1999, to address the problems of the forestry sector in line with the National Forest Policy, 1988, requires an estimated Rs 13,000 crores annually. The available resources are in the range of Rs 1,600 crores. Doubts are now being raised about the viability of the project.