After a review meeting, Bhagat said his department has fixed a target of planting 4 crore 75 lakh saplings during the year 2013-14 towards achieving the target.
He also made a mention of the National Forest Policy, that envisages 33 per cent forest cover in the country with an objective of ecological conservation.
Punjab, a predominantly agricultural state, has less than 7 per cent of its area under forest cover, leading to severe ecological degradation and rapidly rising pollution levels, Bhagat said.