Nearly a third (32%% of India’s land area is degraded while a quarter (25%) is undergoing desertification, the Food and Agriculture Organiza-tion (FAO) said in an article published last year citing ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially inaugurate the project on June 5. Last year the theme was 'Ek Ped Maa ke Naam', ...

Statistics also reveal that over 18 per cent of India’s population was exposed to land degradation, and a staggering 83.85 per cent were exposed to drought. The situation is indeed dire ...

Analysis of the data has also shown that there has been an increase of about 3.32 mha of land under degradation between 2003-05 and 2018-19... With 29.77% of India’s geographical area facing ...

On World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the importance of the Aravalli Green Wall project. But what ...

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday expressed concern over soil degradation affecting 30 per cent of India's land and stressed the need for urgent measures to maintain soil ...

So, you find issues of land degradation, climate change and biodiversity conservation reflected in the priorities of the Indian presidency," Sharma said. We also wanted to bring through an ...

RAJASTHAN: India is witnessing an alarming rise in soil degradation, threatening its agricultural productivity, food security, and environmental sustainability. Soil, a vital resource supporting ...

“Land degradation is damaging millions of hectares ... The PM’s Coordinator mentioned that Indian construction of dams on rivers providing water to Pakistan was also a concern for the latter ...