Is India facing a water-stressed situation? India has 16% of the world population, but only 4% of freshwater resources. Water availability in the country was about 5,000 cubic metres per capita per year at the time of independence. It was greater than what was necessary. The global norm for a water-stress situation is 1700 cubic …
Deep Ocean Mission: Deep Ocean Mission aims to explore the deep ocean for resources. It also aims to develop deep-sea technologies for sustainable use of ocean resources. Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Earth Sciences(MoES) will be the nodal Ministry for implementing this mission. Duration of the mission: The mission will be implemented over a period of 5 years in …
The term population distribution refers to the way people are spaced over the earth’s surface. Broadly, 90 per cent of the world population lives in about 10 per cent of its land area. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION Geographical Factors Availability of water: easy availability of fresh water e.g. River valley Terrain: flat plains …
Bring out the present day position of exploitation and processing of nuclear minerals in India. (200 Words) Major nuclear minerals required for India for its civil energy as well as for defence purposes are Uranium and Thorium. India is having less uranium reserves i.e. 1-2% of global uranium reserves and more thorium reserves i.e. total 25% …
Explain the process of formation of crude oil and natural gas. Examine why there is so much oil in Middle East but less in India Crude oil and natural gas are obtained from sedimentary rocks. They were formed from remains of dead plants and animal that were buried under sand and rocks. over millions …
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What are the different non-conventional sources of energy? Do you think they have been adequately utilized in India? Critically examine. (200 Words) Non-conventional sources of energy are those which have not been use that frequently in the past unlike conventional sources like coal, oil etc. Different types of non-conventional sources of energy includes solar power, …
India has explored only 13% of its 5,75,000 sq. kms of land with geological potential. Why? Prevalence of Licence-raj system at the state level coupled with the bidding methods to get the right to mine, exploration is already cost-intensive and risky, the explored deposited land. This also act as deterrent for private investors in …