Consider the following statements regarding land degradation in India 1 130 million hectares of land...........

Geography and Environment (PCS) Envirnment and Climate Change

Consider the following statements regarding land degradation in India:

1. 130 million hectares of land of India has been categorized as degraded land.

2. Forest degraded regions has higher share than water eroded regions in total degraded land of India.

3. Mining and Quarrying is one of the important primary activities responsible for land degradation in India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

1 and 3 only

At present, there are about 130 million hectares of degraded land in India. Approximately, 28 per cent of it belongs to the category of forest degraded area, 56 per cent of it is water eroded area and the rest is affected by saline and alkaline deposits.
Land degradation is caused by human-induced processes like deforestation, poor farming practices, overgrazing,quarrying, and mining activities that deteriorate the quality of land and resources. This leads to soil erosion, reduced nutrients and productivity, desertification, and loss of vegetation.