write a note on wasteland according to 2000 data
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and degradation or deterioration of land quality for agricultural production
and environmental protection has been a matter of concern for land users.
Land degradation assessment undertaken by the various Central and State
agencies resulted in the generation of databases on the degraded and wastelands.
But these agencies had used varying definitions of land degradation, data
sources, classification systems, methodologies and scales that resulted in diverse
estimates of degraded and wasteland areas (Table 1). And for proper
implementation of reclamation/conservation and ameliorative measures,
harmonized/uniform data are required.
The earliest assessment of the area affected by the land degradation was
made by the National Commission on Agriculture at 148 M ha, followed by 175
M ha by the Ministry of Agriculture (Soil and Water Conservation Division).
The NBSS&LUP estimates projected an area of 187 M ha as degraded lands in
1994 following GLASOD methodology (Oldeman, 1988), and revised it to 147 M
ha in 2004. The National Wasteland Development Board estimated an area of
123 M ha under wastelands.
In the preparation of the soil degradation and wasteland maps, two distinct
approaches were followed by the NBSS&LUP and the NRSA. The NBSS&LUP
followed process-based degradation mapping methodology in agricultural and
non-agricultural areas, derived from 1 : 250,000 soil map, showing soil family
association prepared from the satellite data supported with soil profile studies
(Table 2).
The NRSA followed remote-sensing technology, identifying land-use and
physical condition of the surface features for mapping non-agricultural areas
(presently non-arable) on 1 : 50,000 scale using satellite image of late rabi season
with adequate field checks (Table 3).
The differences in Tables 2 and 3 are mainly owing to the adoption of
different approaches for the generation of maps. This led to incompatible
databases and statistics, which posed difficulties for decision-makers. After
intensive deliberations on the datasets of wastelands and soil degradation, a
harmonized classification system comprising wasteland classes a
ndia can be called as a land of paradoxes—a girdle of high-snow capped
mountains, glaciers and high-altitude forests in the north; seas washing both
sides of lengthy coastline in the peninsular south; and a variety of geological
formations, diversified climates and varied topographies and reliefs. The lofty
mountains are highest in the world and river deltas are raised a few metres
above the mean sea level. And temperatures vary from arctic cold to equatorial
hot. Precipitation varies from less than 100 mm in the arid regions to 11,000
mm/yr in the per-humid regions. This geographical setting provides the country
with a landscape of diversity of high plateaux, stumpy relic hills, shallow open
valleys, rolling uplands, fertile plains, swampy lowlands and dreary barren
deserts and a variety of soils developed on these landforms.
LOCATION
India has a total geographical area of 328.2 M ha with a cultivated area of
141 M ha. The country is situated between 8°04¢ to 37°06¢ N latitudes and 68°07¢
to 97°25¢ E longitudes. It is bounded by the great Indian Ocean in the south,
Arabian sea in the west, Bay of Bengal in the east and the Himalayas in the
north. It stretches from 3,214 km north to south and 2,933 km east to west.
CLIMATE
India has diversified climates with three distinct main seasons (rainy, winter
and summer). Rainy season spans from June to September, winter season from
October to February, and summer from March to May. July–September is the
principal rainy season almost for the entire country, when 70–90% of the total
rainfall is received in most of the areas located above 16° N latitude, except
Ladakh plateau, Kashmir Himalayas and southern tips of Deccan peninsula. Some
rains are received as winter rains during October–February. Annual rainfall
varies from 100 mm in Thar Desert of Rajasthan to over 11,000 mm in
Cherrapunji—Mawsynram of Meghalaya. Mean annual rainfall pattern indicates
that east coast receives over 1,500 mm of rains. West coast, excluding small
pockets near Thiruvananthapuram; north-eastern states, excluding rain-shadow
area of Khasi-Jaintia hills; and many places of sub-Himalayan West Bengal,
Answer:
Waste land :- It is the land area which remain barren from many years and still it is not using for any type of agricultural work due to fertility or any other reason. The dimension are as follows according to the 1960-61 and 2008-09.
India's total land area is around 329 million hectares. Of this, the government classifies 90 million hectares as “wasteland” — that is, non-productive land; a definition that militates against the fact that about 40 per cent of our 1.3 billion population depends on this land for livelihood.
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