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At the outset, it needs to be noted that two different sets of land statistics are available for the IHR. The first one provides information in terms of “Reporting Area”, whereas in the other set, the information is presented on the basis of total “Mapped Area”. These two different types of land use statistics at times present confusing figures. Table 2.1 depicts the summarized land use statistics for the country and the IHR. It can be seen therein that in case of Reporting Area based statistics, most parts of the country (92.8% of the total geographical area) have been represented. However, the un-reported area (~7%) represents parts of the IHR only. When one looks closely, it is observed that this land use statistics reflect less than half (48%) of the total geographical area of the IHR only (Table 2.1). Incompatibility of different land use classifications poses problems in data matching. For example, culturable waste (not available for cultivation), permanent pastures and other grazing lands in the Reporting Area based classification (which describes current use status) are not represented in the map based classification. It is apparent from Reporting Area based land use classification that contrary to the general scenario in the country, where agriculture is a major land use (50.9% of the total area of the country), forests (recorded area in forest records) is the major land area in the IHR (65.4% of the total reporting area of IHR; Fig. 2.1) followed by wastelands (15.7% of the area not available for cultivation and culturable wasteland), and agriculture (13.6% comprised of net area sown and current fallow). Table 2.1. Area Covered in Landuse Classification No. Reporting Year Area (thousand ha) India IHR A. Total Geographical Area 328726 53743 B. Reporting Area (Year) 1 2006-07* 305507 2 2005-06* 305269 3 2004-05* 305313 4 2003-04* 305399 5 2002-03* 305399 6 2001-02* 305112 7 2000-01 305174 8 1999-00 304946 * Provisional Estimates Source: (Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India) 2006-07 24 Report of the Task Force
Fig.2.1. Landuse Classification based on the Reporting Area (Provisional 2005-2006) India IHR 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 A B C D E F G H I A- Forests, B- Not Available for Cultivation, C- Permanent Pastures & Other Grazing lands, D- Land under miscellaneous tree crops & groves, E- Culturable Waste Land, F- Fallow land other than current fallows, G- Current Fallows, H- Net Area Sown I- Area sown more than twice Source: Provisional Estimates (Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India) Area not available for cultivation is almost similar, in terms of proportion, in both the cases (IHR: 11.1%, and India: 13.9%) while the proportion of area under permanent pastures and grazing lands is higher (7.1%) in the mountains as compared to the national figure (3.4%). This is also true for land under tree crops and groves which are outside the forest area (IHR: 2.8%, and India: 1.1%). Thus, only limited land resource is available (outside the forest area) to be used for agricultural or allied production. It must be noted that about 12% of the land area in the IHR is either barren or fallow due to various, mostly location related reasons. These lands are prone to further degradation and soil erosion in the inherently fragile Himalayan landscape. This is reflected by the fact that some of the rivers in the IHR carry very high sediment causing problems downstream. Marginal land holdings in the western Himalayan region and shortening of Jhum cycle in the eastern Himalayan region are some of the major land based production related concerns in the IHR. 2.1.1. Wasteland Estimation: Wastelands per se are not included in the point classification of the Central Ministry of Agriculture (Fig. 2.2). National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) of the Department of Space, has developed an atlas (Wasteland Atlas of India) on the wastelands of the country under the aegis of the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development. According to this, there are 13 categories of wastelands covering 19.4% of the country’s geographical area; while in the IHR, wastelands cover significantly higher (about onethird) proportion of the total area of the region (Table 2.2). More than one fifth (22.4%) land in the IHR is either under snow or barren and does not support any biological growth (Fig. 2.2). In the western states of the IHR, cadastral maps of villages and towns give a real estimate of land under various uses. However, for most of the states Report of the Task Force 25
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Page 17 and 18: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREAMBL
Page 19 and 20: During winter, the Himalayan ranges
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Page 23 and 24: 1.1.3. Developmental Approaches for
Page 25: CHAPTER 2 GEORESOURCES 2.1. LAND 2.
Page 29 and 30: The land resources of the Himalayan
Page 31 and 32: Brahmputra must continue to remain
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Page 35 and 36: country (1,48,000 MW at 60% load fa
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Page 39 and 40: Fig. 2.6. Schematic Plan for Disast
Page 41 and 42: Table 2.14. Major Avalanches Report
Page 43 and 44: Fig. 2.7. Damaged due to Heavy Rain
Page 45 and 46: Fig. 3.1. Schematic Plan for Agro-h
Page 47 and 48: Fig. 3.2. Distribution of Operation
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Fig. 5.1. Cooking Energy (Primary S
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Among other sources of energy produ
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Table 5.3. State-wise Distribution
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places by porters but in case of in
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Table 5.6. Number of Towns in the I
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Climate change will mostly affect t
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should not be allowed. Areas where
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