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environment (land degradation (efforts (schemes (PM fasal bima, soil…
environment
land degradation
efforts
env ministry - i to rejuvenate 5 mh b/w 2021-30
schemes
PM fasal bima
soil health card
soil health management
PM krishi sinchayee
awareness - i hosted(sept 2019) COP14 of UNCCD
i became part of "bonn challenge" - to bring 350 mh deforested and degraded land under restoration
degraded land in i - 29% or 96.4 million hectares (mh)
imp reason/cause - climate change - by IPCC report
implications
global warming
food insecurity
crop residue burning
meaning
‘on-farm’ burning to clean the field for sowing the next crop
why done
high cost of removing - shortage of human labour
mechanised harvesting of crop - leaves residues
burning - easy solution
2/3 crops a year - limited time between harvesting and sowing
stats
by national policy for management of crop residues (NPMCR)
residue generation
states - UP(60Mt) > punjab(51Mt) > maharashtra(46Mt)
total 500Mt
residue burning
92Mt is burnt
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
residue burning
UP > punjab > haryana
25% of the total crop residue was burnt on the farm
contribution - rice(43%) > wheat(21%) > sugarcane(19%)
govt efforts
air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981
crop residue burning - punishable offence
NPMCR, 2014