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What are the causes and consequences of land degradation due to desertification in India ? Examine with reference to various regional issues.

  • UPSC 2025
  • Contemporary Issues

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The Space Applications Centre's Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India, published in 2021, puts degraded land at 97.85 million hectares, 29.77 per cent of the geographical area, for 2018-19 — up from 96.40 million hectares in 2011-13 and 94.53 million hectares in 2003-05, of which 83.69 million hectares is desertification proper.

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  • The National Picture — and Why the Number Is Disputed
  • Causes Are Regional Processes, Not One National Cause
  • Consequences Follow the Same Map
  • Judgement
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