EnviStats India 2024

Recently, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the 7th consecutive issue of the publication “EnviStats India 2024: Environment Accounts”.

Key Highlights

• Mangrove Coverage: increased by around 8% over the years 2013 to 2021. 
• There has been around 72% increase in the number and around 16% increase in area for the Total Protected Area during the period 2000 to 2023.
• The EnviStats India 2024 introduces Ocean Accounts and the framework for Ocean Accounts has been developed with technical assistance from the Expert Group on Ocean Ecosystem Accounts.
• The report provides updated values of the Soil Nutrient Index, compiled using data from the Soil Health Card initiative for 2023- 24.
• EnviStats includes information on India’s natural resources, environmental degradation, and government efforts to manage these issues. 
• It is prepared per the SEEA (System of Environmental-Economic Accounting) Framework which is an agreed international framework for the compilation of environmental economic accounts.