Land degradation is one of the critical issues in front of the globe. The scientific community is trying to explore the restoration solution for it, and so far, a lot of work has been done for a specific region as well as for a broad spectrum. Among various techniques and applications, afforestation is regarded as a potential approach to land restoration. As per the reported works till 2018, approximately 300 million hectares of degraded lands were aimed for plantation globally. Such approaches involving tree plantation on marginal lands of about 174 million hectares are able to sequester 35 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) till 2050. Such activities would also provide additional benefits of about US dollar (USD) three trillion. Among developing countries, most of the countries reflected altered land use patterns, rapid industrialization, urbanization, and population rise that have continued the process of land degradation. This degradation leads toward unproductiveness, limits to production of particular crops or growth of vegetation, low groundwater table and water availability, soil loss, biodiversity loss, etc. Thus, it is urgent to move toward the restoration of degraded landscapes as well as halt the degradation process through combating measures. Plantation forestry has now become an accepted approach for increasing the production of forest-based products as well as reducing the pressure on the intact forest lost by deforestation. India has a wide availability of degraded land and forests as potential sites for plantation. This is properly managed with the correct choice of species can restore the degraded land, enhance the carbon reserve, and supply wood and non-wood forest products on a sustainable basis.