Forests cover over 29 per cent of Jharkhand and forest-based industry sustains nearly 20 lakh poor and tribal workers

Background

A government factsheet issued around the GST rate changes describes Jharkhand's name as meaning land of forests.
Forests and woodlands cover over 29 per cent of the state.
Forest-based industry sustains nearly 20 lakh poor and tribal workers.
Hazaribagh, Latehar and West Singhbhum are named as the forest-cover districts.
Under the rate changes, GST on tendu leaves came down from 18 per cent to 5 per cent and on bamboo from 12 per cent to 5 per cent, which the factsheet puts at a combined cost reduction of 6.25 per cent to 11.01 per cent.
The factsheet also names Deoghar with Baidyanath Dham, Parasnath, Rajrappa Temple and the Jagannath temple in the Ranchi area among the state's key tourist destinations, and records GST on hotel rooms priced at Rs 7,500 or less a night falling from 12 per cent to 5 per cent.