India - Environment
As far as the environment of India is concerned, there have been deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources; preservation and quality of forests; biodiversity loss. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of India
| Climate | We have varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.14% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 1.15% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 168,403,240 tons (2001 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 1.91 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Brahmaputra (shared with China [s] and Bangladesh [m]) - 3,969 km; Indus (shared with China [s] and Pakistan [m]) - 3,610 km; Ganges river source (shared with Bangladesh [m]) - 2,704 km; Godavari - 1,465 km; Sutlej (shared with China [s] and Pakistan [m]) - 1,372 km; Yamuna - 1,370 km; Narmada - 1,289 km; Chenab river source (shared with Pakistan [m]) - 1,086 km; Ghaghara river mouth (shared with China [s] and Nepal) - 1,080 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 56 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 17 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 688 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 50.17 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 2,407.67 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 559.11 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 60.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 52.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 4.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 3.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 23.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 16.4% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 36.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad (2023). |
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