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The maximum expansion of agricultural land took place in the first two decades after independence and since 1970 the land under plough has remained almost stagnant |
To date, wind and water have together eroded about 86.53 million heactares of land. |
16 tonnes of soil are lost per hectare per year because of manmade and natural factors | In India, roughtly 40% of the land suffers from desertification |
| More than 4 million hectares have already been swallowed up by ravines. In the Chambal Valley, more than 10% of the villages are deserted. |
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Increasing numbers of goats and sheep indicate ecological degradation. As an ecosystem degrades, people tend to keep more goats and sheep. | |
| Over 100 million hectares of land in India are classified as wastelands. | 2.1 million hectares of land is degraded and deforested per annum | ||
| Calcutta wetlands, its lungs, have shrunk to 5000 hectares from their original 12,000 hectares, due to a planned governmental urbanisation initiative. | Every million hectares of India's land today supports about 2.5 million people, and by the end of the century, this figure will reach 3 million. | ||
| 4% of India's total land area is classified as permanent pastures, and it is decreasing steadily. The amount of land legally available for grazing an enormous number of domestic animals is roughly equal to the amount of land currently classified as sanctuaries and national parks. | By the year 2000, food grain production must increase from about 170 million tonnes to about 240 million tonnes. | Poor people depend heavily on non-private (common) lands. Such lands have been progressively encroached upon to the point of virtual elimination. | Almost half of India's industrial output comes from biomass-based industries. Industrial output will suffer heavily if biomass production falls behind population grwoth. |
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