Professional Documents
Culture Documents
List of Tables
3. Biodiversity 23-75
Flora
Forest
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3.2.10 State/UT wise Forest Cover in Tribal Districts 47
3.2.11(a) State/UT wise Mangrove Cover assessment 48
3.2.11(b) State/UT wise Mangrove Cover, 2005 48
3.2.11(c) State wise list of Mangroves Areas 48
3.2.12 State wise Waste Lands of India 49
3.2.13 State wise and Category wise ‘Wastelands of India’ 50
3.2.14 Diversion of Forest Land for Non Forest Use Since the Enforcement 53
of Forest Conservation Act, 1980
3.2.15 Progress of Joint Forest Management in India 55
Fauna
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4.1.5 (a) Number of Motor Vehicles Registered in India (Taxed and Tax- 124
Exempted)
4.1.5 (b) Total Registered Motor Vehicles in India by States/UTs 125
4.1.5 (c ) Total Registered Motor Vehicles In India By States/UTs 127
4.1.6 (a) Total Registered Motor Vehicles in Metropolitan Cities of India 129
4.1.6 (b) Total Registered Motor Vehicles in Metropolitan Cities of India (As 131
on 31st March, 2003)
4.1.7 Working of State Transport Undertakings 133
4.1.8 Ambient Air Quality in Major Cities 134
4.1.9 Phased Tightening of Exhaust Emission Standards for Indian 135
Automobiles
4.1.10(a) Production of Ozone Depleting Substances In India 136
4.1.10(b) Total Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances 136
Energy
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Industries
Greenhouse Gases
Noise
Land Uses
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Agriculture
Natural Disasters
Mining
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5.4.9 Production of Lignite 216
5.4.10 Consumption of Minerals in Iron & Steel Industry 216
5.4.11 Consumption of Minerals in Cement Industry 216
5.4.12 Consumption of Minerals in Refractory Industry 217
5.4.13 Number of Reporting Mines 217
5.4.14 Mineral Reserves and Resources 218
5.4.15 Number of Underground Mines -2005-06 220
6. Water 221-263
Ground Water
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Withdrawals in Selected Countries of World
Marine water
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7.2.8 Households Classified by Supply of Water and Toilet Installation By 290
Rural and Urban
7.2.9(a) Number of Household by Major Source of Drinking Water per 1000 291
Households for each State/UTs (Rural)
7.2.9(b) Number of Household by Major Source of Drinking Water per 1000 292
Households for each State/UTs (Urban)
7.2.9(c) Number of Household by Major Source of Drinking Water per 1000 293
Households for each State/UTs (Rural+ Urban)
7.2.10(a) Number of Households by Primary Source of Energy for Cooking 294
per 1000 Household for each State/UTs (Rural)
7.2.10(b) Number of Households by Primary Source of Energy for Cooking 295
per 1000 Household for each State/UTs (Urban)
7.2.10(c ) Number of Households by Primary Source of Energy for Cooking 296
per 1000 Household for each State/UTs (Rural+ Urban)
7.2.11(a) Number of Households by Primary Source of Lighting per 1000 297
Household for each State/UTs (Rural)
7.2.11(b) Number of Households by Primary Source of Lighting per 1000 298
Household for each State/UTs (Urban)
7.2.11(c ) Number of Households by Primary Source of Lighting per 1000 299
Household for each State/UTs (Rural+ Urban)
7.2.12 Number of Household by Arrangement of Garbage Disposal per 300
1000 Households living in a house for each State/UTs
7.2.13 State-wise Estimated Annual Requirement of Water for Domestic 301
Purpose including for cattle in different States
Waste Management
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List of charts
Chart 1 Rare and threatened plant species 27
Chart 2 Forest cover in different States as compared to total Geographic Area 34
Chart 3 Forest Cover of India 35
Chart 4 State-Wise wasteland as percentage to the total Geographical Area 52
Chart 5 Forest land diversion 54
Chart 6 India's livestock Population 70
Chart 7 All India installed generating capacity (mw) as on 31.03.2007 138
Chart 8 Plan-Wise growth of installed capacity in India 142
Chart 9 Contribution of green house gases to Atmosphere (%) 169
Chart 10 Land use in India 180
Chart 11 Monsoon performance (June September) 226
Chart 12 Number of metrological sub-divisions with excess/normal and 235
deficient/scanty rainfall (June September)
Chart 13 Percentage of districts with excess/normal and deficient/scanty 235
(June September)
Chart 14 Population of India 270
Chart 15 Infant Mortality Rate (per thousand live births) 272
Chart 16 Expectation of life at Birth 273
Chart 17 Percentage of Population below poverty line 277
Chart 18 Consumption of plastic in the World-2000 306
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Overview
The Compendium has been prepared under percentage of forest area to total geographic
the broad Framework for Development of area (state-wise), wastelands and external
Environment Statistics provided by the aids received for social forestry.The section
United Nations Statistics Division and on Fauna gives the major bio-geographic
adopted by the Steering Committee on habitats in India, estimated number of
Environment Statistics set up by CSO species, national parks and wildlife
during 1996. The five parameters of the sanctuaries, tiger reserves, livestock
framework, namely, biodiversity, population in India, fish production and
atmosphere, land/soil, water, and human bovine population affected by drought.
settlements have been used in this
compendium. There are seven chapters, The fourth chapter on Atmosphere is
further divided into various sections, the divided into five sections: Air and
details of which are given below. An Transport; Energy; Industry, Greenhouse
attempt has been made, wherever possible, Gases and Noise. The section on Air and
to elaborate the data in the tables with the Transport gives the composition of the
help of boxes below the table and suitable troposphere; ambient air quality standards
graphs and charts for easy comprehension. and state of ambient air quality in some
selected cities and towns. Ambient air
The first chapter on Environment and quality in Delhi has also been given. The
Environment degradation gives a general section on Energy gives information on
introduction of the concept of environment; installed capacity of utilities; electricity
development versus environment generation and actual power supply
degradation; impact of development position, different fuels used for cooking;
activities on environment; emissions, coal resources in India as well as its
discharges and their sources; some major production; and renewable energy
pollutants, their sources and related health resources. The section on Greenhouse Gases
hazards. gives information on the key greenhouse
gases and the effect of global warming. The
The second chapter on Development of section on Industries gives information on
Environment Statistics in India summarises the number of registered industrial
the activities undertaken by the C.S.O. in establishments in India and the status of
Ministry of Statistics and Programme pollution control in 17 categories of
Implementation for the development of industries. The section on Noise gives
environment statistics. information on the ambient noise standards;
average noise levels in various metropolitan
The third chapter on Biodiversity is divided cities and effects of noise pollution on
into three sections: Flora; Forests and human health.
Fauna. The section on Flora contains some
statistics on plant species found in India, The fifth chapter on Land and Soil is
species which are rare, vulnerable, divided into four sections: Land Uses,
endangered and extinct. It also gives some Agriculture, Natural disasters and Mining.
statistics on preservation measure of flora The section on Land Uses contains nine fold
like Biosphere reserves, Botanical gardens land classification followed in India, and
and gene banks in India, including different land use patterns. The section on
information on agro biodiversity. The Agriculture contains information on area
section on Forests contains statistics on under principal crops; performance of crop
Indian forests. It gives information on production; use of agricultural inputs;
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consumption of pesticides statewise and The seventh chapter on Human Settlements
their effect on soil. The section on Natural is divided into three sections: Population
Disasters contains information on frequently and Poverty; Housing, Slums and Basic
occurring natural disasters; recent natural Facilities; and Waste Management. Human
disasters in India; major earthquakes; development is adversely affected by the
number of drought-prone districts and environmental degradation. Safe drinking
damages due to droughts and supercyclonic water and sanitation are closely linked with
storm. The section on Mining gives data on two of the very important human
number of mines, production of minerals, development indicators viz. infant mortality
status of afforestation, mining machinery and life expectancy. Under the section on
and consumption of explosives in mining. ‘Population and Poverty’ information on
population size, infant mortality rate,
The sixth chapter on Water is divided into expectation of life at birth and population
two sections: Ground Water and Marine below the poverty line have been given. The
Water. The section on Ground Water section on Housing, Slums and Basic
contains information on rainfall Facilities contains estimates of population in
performance during the last 20 years; water India, number of households, their size,
flow in streams and ground water resources; number of rooms per housing unit, water
water quality criteria and distribution of supply system and toilet installation by
water monitoring stations. The section on rural/urban, homeless population,
Marine Water contains information on urbanization trends in India, slum
coastline of India; main activities along the population, housing shortage projected,
coastal zones; industrial and sewage percentage of population below poverty
discharges to coastal waters; pollutants and line, medical facilities under allopathy and
their impacts on marine environment and Indian System of Medicine & Homeopathy.
potential hot spots along the Indian coasts.
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