This working paper presents country report of India as a part of input to global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) process of FAO especially to FRA 2005, an update to FRA 2000 (FAO, 2001). It contains complete information on all the sixteen global reporting tables, six thematic areas and brief information on the “Review of sustainability of forests in India” (option E) following “Guidelines for Country Reporting” (FRA Working Paper No. 73a).