How India has become relatively Atmanirbhar in Pulses compared to Edible Oil Subject :Geography Section: Economic geography Context: There are two agricultural commodities in which India is significantly import-dependent: Edible oil and pulses. High import dependence on edible oil: Between 2013-14 and 2022-23 (April-March), the value of India’s vegetable oil imports soared from […]
World Environment Day 2023 Subject: Geography Section: Human geography Context: Adivasis (Paniyan tribal men in Kerala) making life-sized elephants from lantana provides them with employment besides decreasing lantana in the forest and raising awareness about human-wildlife coexistence. Paniya tribe: The Paniya, also known as Paniyar and Paniyan, are an ethnic group of India. […]
Evapotranspiration Subject :Geography Section: Physical geography Concept : Evapotranspiration is the combined process of evaporation and transpiration that leads to the loss of water from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere. Term ‘Evapotranspiration’ was coined and later defined by climatologist Charles Warren Thornthwaite in 1944. Evaporation refers to the conversion of liquid water […]
Plastic-free planet: Paris meet ends after severe delays, with a proposal for zero draft text Subject :Geography Section: Indian geography Context: The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee-2 (INC-2) meet being held in Paris on May 29 to discuss a global and binding treaty to end plastic pollution ended on June 2. It was […]
Increased rainfall alone will not help groundwater recovery Subject :Geography Section: Indian geography Context: Rapid groundwater depletion in north India has become a norm during the last few decades. Groundwater exploitation: Between 2002 and 2022, about 95% of India’s groundwater depletion occurred in north India. Groundwater use and summer monsoon rainfall variability are […]
Between ‘friends’ Cong & DMK, Mekedatu dam dispute Subject :Geography Section: Places in news Context: Days after Karnataka’s Congress government took over at a ceremony that was attended by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, the two states, run by parties that are southern allies against the BJP, clashed over a project […]