Question

distribution of waste land in india​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Wastelands are lands which are economically unproductive, ecologically unsuitable and subject to environmental deterioration. The official estimate of wasteland in India in 2004 was nearly 63.85 million ha — more than 20% of the country’s geographical area.

Answer 2

The Technical Task

Group of the Planning Commission was set up on December 3, 1985, to

define and develop a methodology on the status of wastelands in the country.

Following thirteen categories of lands were classified under wastelands in

India.

i. Gullied and/or ravenous land

ii. Upland with or without scrub.

iii. Water logged and marshy land.

iv. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity-coastal /inland.

v. Shifting cultivation area.

vi. Underutilized /degraded notified forest land.

vii. Degraded pastures/grazing land.

viii. Sands-deserted/coastal

ix. Mining-industrial wastelands.

x. Barren rocky/stony waste/ sheet rocky area.

xi. Steep sloping areas.

xii. Snow covered land/or glacial area.

xiii. Degraded land under plantation