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What do you mean by land resources? Give an account of land resources in India. |
| Answer» Land is a natural resource that supports natural vegetation, wild life, human life, economic activities, and transport and communication systems.Land resource in India is classified into forests, lands not available for cultivation, fallow land, agricultural lands, etc.\tForests: In India around 22.8 % of land is covered with forests.\tLand not available for cultivation:\xa0 Barren and wasteland for example, rocky, arid, deserts, etc covers 8.61 % of land. Moreover, land for non agriculture uses like building, roads, factories and settlements, etc takes upto 5.57%. Also, the, other uncultivated lands mainly consist of Permanent pastures and grazing land which takes up 3.38%; Land under miscellaneous tree crops groves which is 1.11% and culturable waste land which is 4.17%.\tFallow land: \xa0Total fallow land in land resources contains 8.13% out of which 4.76% covers the current fallow. Current fallow is land not cultivated from less than one agricultural year. Lands left uncultivated for one to five years contains 3.37%. If fallow lands are cultivated once or twice in 2 to 3 years, and if these are included in NSA then the percentage of NSA in India will be around 54% for that particular area. | |