Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer
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
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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