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According to the ‘Animal Discoveries: New Species and New Records 2024 Report’ by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), 683 species and subspecies were discovered across India in 2024 (641 in 2023).
It is the highest ever in a single year since formal documentation began in 2008.
Of these, 459 are globally new, while 224 are new records for India.
🔆India’s Tourism Sector:
✅India’s tourism sector, rich in heritage, culture, and diversity, is emerging as a global favorite and a key driver of economic growth.
✅India’s economy is $4 trillion today, expected to reach $32 trillion by 2047.
✅Tourism contributes 5–6% to India’s economy currently.
✅The aim is for tourism to contribute 10% of the economy by 2047 — aligning with global benchmarks.
✅India received 1.8% of world tourism receipts and attained a rank of 14th worldwide in world tourism receipts during 2023.
✅Projected Growth: Tourism sector expected to grow at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 24%.
✅Spiritual tourism: Every Indian state offers diverse and unique cultural experiences.
✅Sustainability Focus: Emphasis on sustainable tourism development alongside growth
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India’s Export Momentum Continues📈
▶️Significant Growth Across Electronics, Pharma, Marine Sectors, and Meat, Dairy & Poultry Products in June 2025
🔹 Electronic Goods exports increased by 46.93% from US$ 2.82 Billion in June 2024 to US$ 4.15 Billion in June 2025
🔆Trends in Digital Divide in India (NSS 2025):
✅Access Trends:
🔸97.1% youth use mobile phones; 73.4% own them.
🔸Ownership: Urban youth – 82%, Rural – 69.3%, Males – 83.3%, Females – 63%.
✅Usage Trends:
🔸91.3% of young women now use Internet (up from 77.1% in 2022).
🔸30.4% use Internet only for entertainment and higher among females (36%).
✅Skill Trends: 85.1% can send attachments, only 32.2% created presentations, 22.9% drafted documents.
✅Online banking: 68.7% youth, Female (57.5%) vs. Male (79.3%); Rural (63.4%) vs. Urban (79.7%).
✅Connectivity:
🔸91.6% urban households vs. 83.3% rural households have Internet.
🔸Only 7.2% of households have fibre-optic connections; rural share only 3.2%.
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🔆 Pollution Crisis in India: Key Data Points with Sources
✅ 2.3 million deaths in 2019 due to pollution in India
🟢 Source: Lancet Study
✅ India = 3rd most polluted country, New Delhi = world’s most polluted capital (5th year)
🟢 Source: World Air Quality Report 2023
✅ Air pollution losses = 8.5% of India’s GDP
🟢 Source: World Bank
✅ Air pollution = 3rd highest cause of death in India
🟢 Source: WHO
✅ 3,469 DALYs/100,000 due to air pollution
🟢 Source: SDG India Index 2024
✅ Life expectancy in Delhi cut by 11.9 years due to air pollution
🟢 Source: Air Quality Life Index Report 2023
✅ 1.2 lakh deaths annually due to landscape fires (2000–2019)
🟢 Source: Lancet
✅ 1,800 vehicles added daily in Delhi
🟢 Source: Delhi Transport Department
✅ 61% urban sewage goes untreated into water bodies
🟢 Source: CPCB
✅ 276 districts have contaminated groundwater (fluoride, arsenic, nitrate)
🟢 Source: CPCB
✅ Water pollution health costs = ₹470–610 billion/year ($6.7–8.7 billion)
🟢 Source: WEF
✅ Plastic production doubled from 234 mt (2000) to 460 mt (2019)
🟢 Source: Our World in Data
✅ Only 23% plastic mismanaged, but 5% leaks into environment, 1.7% to rivers
🟢 Source: Our World in Data
✅ Asia = 50% of global plastic production
🟢 Source: Our World in Data
✅ Only 10% of all plastic ever produced has been recycled
🟢 Source: UN & IUCN Report
✅ India = largest plastic polluter, 9.3 Mt/year (≈ 1/5th of global emissions)
🟢 Source: Nature Journal
✅ 89% plastic in oceans = Single Use Plastic
🟢 Source: UNEP
✅ 50% of plastic in India discarded after single use; 60% recycled
🟢 Source:MoEFCC
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Vision to reality: The digital India journey
Authored by PM Modi.
A must read for those writing CSE MAINS 2025.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/vision-to-reality-the-digital-india-journey-101751382103112.html
🔆 Animal Husbandry in India
✅ Livestock sector = 30% of agricultural GDP
📊 Agri Stats 2023
✅ India: Largest livestock population
• 55% buffaloes, 15% cattle (80% indigenous)
📊 Livestock Census 2019
✅ Dairy sector
• 70% of livestock GVA
• Largest milk producer for 20+ years
• Produces 20% of world milk
• Growth: 6%/year (above global avg)
📊 NDDB
✅ Fisheries growth
• ~11% CAGR since 2014-15
📊 MoFAHD
✅ 2023-24 Output
• Milk ↑ 4% → 239 MT
• Meat ↑ 5% → 10 MT
• Eggs ↑ 3% → 142 bn
📊 MoFAHD
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📘 Land, Forest, and Water Data – Snapshot
✅ 1 million sq km of land is getting degraded each year, with an estimated 15 million sq km already impacted (more than the entire continent of Antarctica) by land degradation
🔹 UNCCD – Land Degradation
✅ 27.77% of the total land area is degraded
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Land Degradation
✅ 46% global land area classified as drylands, home to a third of humanity
🔹 UNCCD Report – Drylands
✅ Forest Cover in India = 25% of geographical area (81 million hectares)
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Forest Cover
✅ There has been a net increase of 58,891 sq km in forest cover and 14,277 sq km in tree cover in the last two decades (2001 to 2021)
🔹 ISFR 2021
✅ Area under mangroves = 4992 sq km
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Mangroves
✅ 1.3 million hectares area covered under afforestation schemes
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Afforestation
✅ Remaining global forest cover is 60% — well below the safe boundary of 75%
🔹 UNCCD report – Forest Cover
✅ 20% of Earth’s land surface covered by the savanna is now under threat from cropland expansion and poorly planned afforestation
🔹 UNCCD report – Grasslands
✅ 47% aquifers of the world are being depleted faster than they are replenished
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water
✅ More than 50% of world’s major rivers disrupted by dam construction
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water, Rivers, Dam
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🔆 Food Processing Industry – Key Stats (MoFPI)
📍 Sector Performance
✅ The Indian FP sector has performed well with an impressive average annual growth rate of 7.3% from 2015 to 2022
📍 Gross Value Addition (GVA)
✅ GVA in FP sector has increased from 1.30 lakh crore in 2013-14 to 2.08 lakh crore in 2021-22
📍 Sector Contribution
✅ FP sector accounted for 10.54% of Manufacturing GVA and 1.57% of Agriculture GVA in 2020-21
📍 Employment Impact
✅ FP sector employs around 1.93 million people, accounting for 2.38% of employment in the registered factory sector
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🔆 Railways & Logistics Sector – Key Stats (India)
🧾 Sources: Railways Ministry, PIB, Economic Survey 2023
📍 Railways
✅ 4th largest network globally – 70,000 km
✅ Operating ratio ~ 98% (freight 60%, passengers 190%)
✅ 44 consequential accidents/year (avg., last 5 yrs)
✅ Passenger subsidy: 46% subsidy, totaling ₹56,993 crore
📍 Logistics Sector
✅ Current cost: 13–14% of GDP
✅ Target: Reduce to 9%
✅ Emissions share: ~ 10% of India’s total emissions
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🔆 Assessment of Climate Change Over the Indian Region
📝 Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India
📍 Rising Temperatures:
✅ India’s average temperature ↑ by 0.7°C since 1901; projected rise of 4.4°C by century end.
📍 Warming Oceans:
✅ Indian Ocean’s sea surface temperature ↑ by 1°C (1951–2015), exceeding global average.
📍 Shifting Rainfall Patterns:
✅ 6% decline in summer monsoon rainfall (1951–2015), especially in Indo-Gangetic Plains & Western Ghats.
📍 Increased Droughts:
✅ Decrease in monsoon rainfall → more frequent and widespread droughts since 1951.
📍 Rising Sea Levels:
✅ 3.3 mm/year sea level rise in the North Indian Ocean (1993–2017); matches global trend.
📍 Cyclone Activity:
✅ Significant decline in cyclone frequency in North Indian Ocean since mid-20th century.
📍 Warming Himalayas:
✅ 1.3°C rise in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region (1951–2014) with declining snowfall.
🔆 Irrigation in Indian Agriculture
✅ Rainfed agriculture: 55% of area under cultivation
📊 Ministry of Agriculture
✅ Irrigated area: 45%
• Wells & tubewells: 60%
• Canals: 30%
• Tanks: 5%
📊 Ministry of Agriculture
✅ Water use efficiency in agriculture: ~40%
• (Developed nations: 50–60%)
📊 Ministry of Jal Shakti
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🔆 Crop Statistics – India
✅ Area under cultivation:
Cereals = 40% (Rice 25%, Wheat 15%)
Coarse grains 10%, Pulses 15%, Oilseeds 13%,
Cotton 7%, Sugarcane 3%
📊 Source: Ministry of Agriculture
✅ Millets in India:
Largest producer – 60 mn tonnes (20% of global output)
5th largest exporter
Yield – 1240 kg/ha vs world average 1230 kg/ha
📊 Source: Ministry of Agriculture
✅ Total food grain production (2023–24):
332 million tonnes
Wheat & rice = 75% of total production
📊 Source: Ministry of Agriculture
India has experienced a widening power deficit from 0.69% in FY20 to approximately 5% in FY24, despite significant growth in electricity generation and recent additions of renewable energy.
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📘 Land, Forest, and Water Data – Snapshot
✅ 1 million sq km of land is getting degraded each year, with an estimated 15 million sq km already impacted (more than the entire continent of Antarctica) by land degradation
🔹 UNCCD – Land Degradation
✅ 27.77% of the total land area is degraded
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Land Degradation
✅ 46% global land area classified as drylands, home to a third of humanity
🔹 UNCCD Report – Drylands
✅ Forest Cover in India = 25% of geographical area (81 million hectares)
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Forest Cover
✅ There has been a net increase of 58,891 sq km in forest cover and 14,277 sq km in tree cover in the last two decades (2001 to 2021)
🔹 ISFR 2021
✅ Area under mangroves = 4992 sq km
🔹 ISFR 2021 – Mangroves
✅ 1.3 million hectares area covered under afforestation schemes
🔹 SDG India Index 2024 – Afforestation
✅ Remaining global forest cover is 60% — well below the safe boundary of 75%
🔹 UNCCD report – Forest Cover
✅ 20% of Earth’s land surface covered by the savanna is now under threat from cropland expansion and poorly planned afforestation
🔹 UNCCD report – Grasslands
✅ 47% aquifers of the world are being depleted faster than they are replenished
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water
✅ More than 50% of world’s major rivers disrupted by dam construction
🔹 UNCCD Report – Water, Rivers, Dam
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🔆 India’s Disaster Risk Profile: Key Facts & Figures
📍 Latest indicators from official sources
✅ India’s Disaster Preparedness Score = 19.2
(Source: SDG India Index 2024)
✅ India would lose 6% of working hours due to heat stress (≈ 35 million full-time jobs)
(Source: ILO)
✅ Expected financial losses due to heat stress = $2.4 trillion globally by 2030
(Source: ILO)
✅ Nearly 90% of India lies in danger zone from heatwave impact
(Source: PLOS)
✅ Drought impact reduced India’s GDP by up to 5% in the last 20 years
(Source: UNCCD report)
✅ Drought-prone areas increased by 60% in last 25 years
(Source: NIDM)
✅ 40% of India’s land and 70% of cropped area is drought-prone, affecting >40% of population
(Source: NIDM)
✅ In 60 years, floods caused ₹4.5 trillion loss and >1 lakh deaths
(Source: Down to Earth)
✅ Over 12% of land prone to floods & river erosion
(Source: NDMA)
✅ 60% of India vulnerable to earthquakes where >80% of population lives
(Source: NDMA – Earthquake Disaster Risk Index Report)
✅ 75% of coastline & 1/3rd population vulnerable to cyclone-related disasters
(Source: IMD)
✅ India is exposed to 10% of world’s tropical cyclones
(Source: IMD)
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🔆 India’s Internal Security & Cyber Snapshot
📍 Terrorism & Extremism
✅ 18 States/UTs have dedicated ATS, STF, CT units (sanctioned strength: 80–650)
✅ Only 6 States/UTs have SOPs + designated courts for terror cases
✅ India ranked 14th in Global Terrorism Index 2024 (↓ from 13th in 2023)
✅ 28 killed in 11 terror incidents (H1 2024), down from 44 in 2023
✅ 40 districts still affected by Left Wing Extremism (from 200 in 2001); 10 districts report >70% cases
✅ Insurgency incidents in NE ↓ 70% (2023 vs 2014)
📍 Money Laundering & Financial Crime
✅ Only 23 convictions out of 5500 PMLA cases (till 2023)
✅ India ranked 70/140 in Anti-Money Laundering Index (BASEL)
✅ Illicit flows = ~5% of India’s GDP (FICCI)
✅ Global: $2 trillion laundered annually (2–5% of global GDP – UNODC)
✅ 4.5 lakh ‘mule bank accounts’ frozen in 2023 (used for cybercrime – I4C)
📍 Border & Security
✅ Ceasefire violations (Indo-Pak): 5000 (2020) → 670 (2021) → ~100 (2022)
✅ Illegal migrants = 5.5 million (0.44% of India’s pop); 40% from B’desh, 13% from Pakistan
📍 Defence Readiness
✅ India’s defence budget split: Army 55%, IAF 25%, Navy 15%
✅ Global comparison: USA $700bn, China $200bn, Russia $70bn, India $65bn (SIPRI)
✅ India’s defence imports: Russia 40%, France 30%, USA 10%
📍 Health, Drugs, & Abuse
✅ 14.6% Indians use alcohol, 2.1% use opioids
✅ 1.5 crore minors into substance abuse
✅ Avg age for tobacco use: 12 years (MoSJ&E)
📍 Digital India & Cyber Threats
✅ Only 38% Indian households digitally literate
• Urban: 61% • Rural: 25% (CBWE/Labour Ministry)
✅ 2023: ~400 million cyberattacks in India
• 761 malware detections every minute
✅ Ransomware hit 75% of Indian orgs (2023)
📘 Source tags: MHA | I4C | FICCI | SIPRI | UNODC | Census 2011 | India Cyber Threat Report 2023 | CBWE | MoSJ&E
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🔆 Sustainable Agriculture in India
✅ Organic Farming
• India ranks 1st in number of organic farmers
• Ranks 9th in area under organic farming
📊 PIB
✅ Natural Farming
• 22 lakh hectares under natural farming
• 34 lakh farmers currently practicing it
📊 Ministry of Agriculture
🔆 Horticulture in India
✅ Contribution to Agri GDP:
Horticulture contributes 35% to agri GDP, employs 20% of agriculture labour force
📊 Source: National Horticulture Board
✅ Production Composition:
Fruits & vegetables = 90% of total horticulture production
📊 Source: National Horticulture Board
✅ Total Production (2022–23):
350 million tonnes – horticulture output has outpaced grain crops since 2013
📊 Source: Ministry of Agriculture
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🔆 India & Climate Change: Key Data with Sources
📍 Climate Stats
✅ India’s GHG Emissions – 10% of global emissions, 3rd largest emitter (after China 30% & USA 15%)
Source: Down to Earth
✅ India’s per capita CO2 = 2.4 tonnes (vs global avg 6.3) – lowest among major economies
– USA = 16.5 t, China = 10 t, EU = 7 t
Source: Global Carbon Project
✅ Sector-wise GHG in India – Energy 75%, Agriculture 15%, Industries 8%, Waste 3%
Source: NITI Aayog
✅ India 7th most vulnerable nation to climate-induced extreme weather
Source: Global Climate Risk Index
✅ Climate change-induced extreme weather causes losses = 0.5% of India’s GDP annually
Source: WMO
✅ ~1 billion children globally under extreme climate risk
Source: UNICEF
✅ India’s CO2 emissions from fossil fuels to rise 4.6% in 2024 – highest among major economies
Source: Global Carbon Project
✅ Earth has warmed by 1.1°C vs preindustrial; World emits ~40 Gt CO₂/year
Source: IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6)
✅ Carbon budget:
– For 1.5°C = 500 Gt (breach ~2030s)
– For 2°C = 1350 Gt (breach ~2050s)
Source: IPCC AR6
✅ India ranks 7th globally on Climate Action, only G20 nation on track for Paris targets
Source: Climate Change Performance Index 2024
✅ Even with current NDCs, warming may exceed 3°C
Source: Emissions Gap Report 2023
✅ Adaptation finance needs = 10–18× higher than current flow
Source: Adaptation Gap Report 2023
✅ India needs ₹10 trillion investment for net-zero by 2070
Source: CEEW
✅ Only 16% of past carbon credits led to real emission cuts
Source: Nature Journal
📍 Additional Insights:
✅ Global carbon budget for 1.5°C = 400–500 Gt CO₂ left since 2020; World emits ~40 Gt/year
Source: IPCC AR6
✅ India’s GHG emissions rose by over 6% in 2023 vs 2022
Source: UNEP Emissions Report
✅ Top 10% richest emit 20× more CO₂ per person than bottom 10%; they account for ~50% of total emissions
Source: World Inequality Database
✅ Climate change intensified global water cycle by 7.4% → more extreme droughts/floods
Source: Nature Journal
✅ Trees & soil CO₂ absorption fell 20% since 2015 due to climate change
Source: UNCCD Report
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🔆 Farmer-Related Data
✅ Farmer Suicides:
Nearly 30 people in the farming sector die by suicide daily
📊 Source: NITI Aayog
✅ Income Disparity:
Large farmers earn 7.5 times more than small and marginal farmers
📊 Source: NITI Aayog
🔆 Wealth Inequality Insights
📍 World’s richest 1% own twice as much wealth as the rest 99%
✅ Source: Oxfam Report
📍 India’s richest 1% hold 4 times the wealth owned by bottom 70%
✅ Source: Oxfam Report
📍 India’s richest 1% hold 42.5% of nation’s wealth, and richest 10% hold 75% of the nation’s wealth
✅ Source: Oxfam Report
📍 Gini Coefficient value = 0.20
✅ Source: SDG India Index 2024
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🔆 Transport Sector – Key Stats (India)
🧾 Sources: Economic Survey 2023, NITI Aayog, National Logistics Policy
📍 GDP Contribution:
✅ Transport sector contributes ~4.5% to India’s GDP.
📍 Freight Share:
✅ Road > 60%
✅ Railways 30%
✅ Waterways 10%
📍 Passenger Share:
✅ Road & others 85%
✅ Railways 15%
📍 Emissions:
✅ Transport sector causes ~14% of India’s total emissions.
📍 Cost (₹/tonne/km):
✅ Road: ₹2.5
✅ Railways: ₹1.3
✅ Waterways: ₹1.0
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🔆 Fertilisers in Indian Agriculture
✅ India’s position:
• 3rd largest producer
• 2nd largest consumer (after China)
📊 FAO
✅ Fertiliser subsidy:
• 0.5% of GDP (2nd after food subsidy)
• ₹1.75 lakh crore
• Only 35% reaches intended beneficiaries
📊 NITI Aayog
✅ Urea dominates sector:
• 85% produced, 75% consumed, 50% imported
📊 Economic Survey
✅ NPK Ratio:
• Ideal = 4:2:1
• 2023–24 actual = 10.9:4.4:1
📊 Fertiliser Association of India
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🔆 Vulnerable Sections – Key Data from India
📍 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)
✅ The number of Persons with Disabilities in the country are 2.68 crore, which is 2.21% of the total population of the country.
✅ 19.30% persons with disability (15 years and above) completed at least secondary education
✅ Among persons with disabilities of age 7 years and above, 52.2% are literates
✅ Among PwDs, 62% have care giver, 37.7% don’t require a caregiver, and for 0.3% caregiver was required but not available
✅ Among PwDs (age 15 years and above), Labour Force Participation Rate was 23.8%, Worker Population Ratio was 22.8%, Unemployment Rate was 4.2%
📍 Elderly
✅ There were nearly 138 mn elderly persons in India in 2021 (67 mn males and 71 mn females), an increase of 34 mn from 2011, expected to reach ~ 190 mn in 2031
✅ The Elderly Dependency Ratio has increased from 10.9% in 1961 to 14.2% in 2011 and further projected to increase to 15.7% in 2021 and 20.1% in 2031
✅ The sex ratio of the elderly – 1028 in 1951, 938 in 1971 , 1033 in 2011 and projected to increase to 1,060 by 2026.
✅ The literacy rate among elderly females (28%) is less than half of the literacy rate among elderly males (59%)
✅ 40–50% of the elderly are economically vulnerable, and 25% are in the lowest wealth quintile
✅ Only 29% elderly in India have access to social security schemes, such as old-age pensions or provident funds
✅ Only 15% of elderly population are aware of geriatric healthcare options
✅ The elder care economy in India is estimated to be worth around $7 billion
📍 Children
✅ India is a home to almost 19% of the world’s children, more than one-third of the country’s population (around 436 million) is below 18 years as of 2023
✅ Child Sex ratio in India = 929/1000
✅ 48% of Indian children aged 0–14 are female
✅ 74% of Indian children aged 0–6 live in rural areas
✅ India is the only large country where more female infants die than male infants, the gender differential in child survival is currently 11 per cent
✅ Working children in India: 10.1 million (3.9% of the total child population) as ‘main workers’ or ‘marginal workers’
✅ Child Labour decreased in India by 2.6 million from ~ 13.7 million in 2001 to 10.1 million in 2011
✅ 1 in every 8 children (aged 5–14 years) work for their own household or someone else
✅ On average around 2600 child victims of trafficking were rescued annually from 2018–2022
📍 Transgenders
✅ Total population of transgenders in India is around 4.88 lakh
✅ Literacy rate among transgenders was 56.10% (overall population literacy rate = 74%), Mizoram had the highest transgender literacy rate (87%) while Bihar had the lowest transgender literacy rate (44%).
✅ 92% of transgender population is economically marginalised
✅ Around 48,000 transgender people were registered as voters and were eligible to vote in the LS elections 2024
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🔆 Land Use & Ownership in Indian Agriculture
✅ Land use pattern –
Net Sown Area 45%, Forest area 24%, Pastures & Groves 4%,
Cultivable Wasteland 4%, Fallow Land 9%, Barren Land 5%,
Non-Agriculture Land 8%
📊 Source: Ministry of Agriculture
✅ Average size of operational landholding = 0.9 hectares
(Consistently declining since 1970)
📊 Source: Agriculture Census 2021-22
✅ Female land holders = Only 15%
(Despite feminisation of agriculture)
📊 Source: Agriculture Census