India, June 4 -- India's environmental indicators paint a deeply worrying picture, according to the latest annual statistical report released by Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Down To Earth magazine to mark the upcoming World Environment Day.

State of India's Environment 2026: In Figures, released by CSE director general Sunita Narain on June 4, 2026, used official government data to track trends across climate, extreme weather, public health, forests, biodiversity, water, air pollution, waste and the performance of Indian states on key development indicators.

"We must hold on to numbers," Narain wrote in the foreword. "You get what you measure; more importantly, what gets measured is what, subsequen...