India - Environment
As far as the environment of India is concerned, there have been . As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; .
About the environment of India
| Climate | We have varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 168,403,240 tons (2001 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 1.91 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 56 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 17 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 688 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 50.17 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 2,407.67 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 559.11 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 60% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 51.9% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 4.6% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 3.5% (2022 est.) |
| Forest | 24.4% (2022 est.) |
| Other | 15.5% (2022 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 36.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad (2023). |
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