A performance audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has highlighted significant shortcomings in the implementation of the Green India Mission. The report, covering the period from the 2015-16 fiscal year through 2024-25, indicates that the mission failed to meet its primary objective of increasing the nation's forest cover.

According to the audit findings, the government set a target to increase forest cover by 1.4 million hectares. However, the actual increase recorded during this period was only 0.03 million hectares. This represents a shortfall of approximately 97.57 percent. The CAG report serves as an official assessment of the mission's efficacy, suggesting that the program's execution fell drastically short of its stated environmental goals. While the report quantifies the failure in terms of land area, it does not detail the specific administrative or environmental factors that contributed to this outcome. The findings raise questions regarding the allocation of resources and the planning strategies employed by the agencies responsible for the mission's oversight during the last ten years.