India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Sl. No.
State/UT
Total Area under land Degradation (in ha)
1
Andhra Pradesh
2,378,042
2
Arunachal Pradesh
200,683
3
Assam
834,530
4
Bihar
746,586
5
Chhattisgarh
2,306,531
6
Delhi
91,543
7
Goa
194,877
8
Gujarat
10,248,057
9
Haryana
364,154
10
Himachal Pradesh
2,400,300
11
Jammu & Kashmir
1,129,503
12
Jharkhand
5,482,260
13
Karnataka
6,959,847
14
Kerala
422,299
15
Ladakh
7,111,968
16
Madhya Pradesh
3,859,735
17
Maharashtra
14,306,029
18
Manipur
612,566
19
Meghalaya
557,576
20
Mizoram
275,827
21
Nagaland
828,943
22
Odisha
5,359,014
23
Punjab
167,989
24
Rajasthan
21,237,669
25
Sikkim
84,610
26
Tamil Nadu...