Ethics Value Added Material.pdf
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Value added material for Ethics by AYUSH GOEL (AIR 171 UPSC CSE 2022)
GS 4 Marks : 129
GS 4 Marks : 129
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📘 Land, Forest, and Water Data – Snapshot
✅ 1 million sq km of land is getting degraded each year, with an estimated 15 million sq km already impacted (more than the entire continent of Antarctica) by land degradation
🔹 UNCCD – Land Degradation
✅ 27.77% of the total land area is degraded
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Land Degradation
✅ 46% global land area classified as drylands, home to a third of humanity
🔹 UNCCD Report – Drylands
✅ Forest Cover in India = 25% of geographical area (81 million hectares)
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Forest Cover
✅ There has been a net increase of 58,891 sq km in forest cover and 14,277 sq km in tree cover in the last two decades (2001 to 2021)
🔹 ISFR 2021
✅ Area under mangroves = 4992 sq km
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Mangroves
✅ 1.3 million hectares area covered under afforestation schemes
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Afforestation
✅ Remaining global forest cover is 60% — well below the safe boundary of 75%
🔹 UNCCD report – Forest Cover
✅ 20% of Earth’s land surface covered by the savanna is now under threat from cropland expansion and poorly planned afforestation
🔹 UNCCD report – Grasslands
✅ 47% aquifers of the world are being depleted faster than they are replenished
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water
✅ More than 50% of world’s major rivers disrupted by dam construction
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water, Rivers, Dam
#Data #GS3 #GS1 #GS2 #mains #essay
✅ 1 million sq km of land is getting degraded each year, with an estimated 15 million sq km already impacted (more than the entire continent of Antarctica) by land degradation
🔹 UNCCD – Land Degradation
✅ 27.77% of the total land area is degraded
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Land Degradation
✅ 46% global land area classified as drylands, home to a third of humanity
🔹 UNCCD Report – Drylands
✅ Forest Cover in India = 25% of geographical area (81 million hectares)
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Forest Cover
✅ There has been a net increase of 58,891 sq km in forest cover and 14,277 sq km in tree cover in the last two decades (2001 to 2021)
🔹 ISFR 2021
✅ Area under mangroves = 4992 sq km
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Mangroves
✅ 1.3 million hectares area covered under afforestation schemes
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Afforestation
✅ Remaining global forest cover is 60% — well below the safe boundary of 75%
🔹 UNCCD report – Forest Cover
✅ 20% of Earth’s land surface covered by the savanna is now under threat from cropland expansion and poorly planned afforestation
🔹 UNCCD report – Grasslands
✅ 47% aquifers of the world are being depleted faster than they are replenished
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water
✅ More than 50% of world’s major rivers disrupted by dam construction
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water, Rivers, Dam
#Data #GS3 #GS1 #GS2 #mains #essay
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🔆 Horticulture in India
✅ Contribution to Agri GDP:
Horticulture contributes 35% to agri GDP, employs 20% of agriculture labour force
📊 Source: National Horticulture Board
✅ Production Composition:
Fruits & vegetables = 90% of total horticulture production
📊 Source: National Horticulture Board
✅ Total Production (2022–23):
350 million tonnes – horticulture output has outpaced grain crops since 2013
📊 Source: Ministry of Agriculture
#Data #GS3 #GS1 #mains #agriculture
✅ Contribution to Agri GDP:
Horticulture contributes 35% to agri GDP, employs 20% of agriculture labour force
📊 Source: National Horticulture Board
✅ Production Composition:
Fruits & vegetables = 90% of total horticulture production
📊 Source: National Horticulture Board
✅ Total Production (2022–23):
350 million tonnes – horticulture output has outpaced grain crops since 2013
📊 Source: Ministry of Agriculture
#Data #GS3 #GS1 #mains #agriculture
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Remember 💌
• hard days will pass
• change is possible
• you are strong
• you are worthy of good things
• hard days will pass
• change is possible
• you are strong
• you are worthy of good things
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