Soil Pollution

Fertile Soil: Globally around 24 billion tons of fertile soil and 27,000 bio-species are lost each year.

Agriculture Land: Globally, 52% of agricultural land is already degraded.

Heavy Metals: Heavy metals in soils in India shows that Zn and Pb exceeded their limits for Indian natural soil guidelines

Schemes & Programs

Watershed Development Project in Shifting Cultivation Areas (WDPSCA): This was implemented from 1955 onwards to protect hill slopes of Jhum areas through soil and water conservation measures on a watershed basis

NABARD Loan- Soil & Water Conservation Scheme: The scheme envisages to promote sustainable development through conservation and management of soil and ....

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