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State of India's Environment 2019
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- State of India's Environment 2019 figures is an annual quantified statement of environmental statistics and analysis put together by Down to Earth magazine, which Centre for Science and Environment helps to publish.
- Air pollution is responsible for 12.5 per cent of all deaths in India.
- India is yet to identify indicators to track its climate change preparedness to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
- Both surface and groundwater in the country are under stress. 86 water bodies are critically polluted.
- There is a 35 per cent shortfall in the number of 24x7 public health centres, where 26 per cent of the positions for medical officers are lying vacant.
- By 2050, India is projected to add 416 million urban dwellers to the world's urban population and will be home to about 58 per cent of the total global population.
- There has been a 22 per cent increase in India's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 2010 and 2014.
- India has recently shifted to a powerful forest fire monitoring and alert system, SNPP-VIIRS, which can capture forest fires with better accuracy and precision.
- India has witnessed 1.9 times increase in the unemployment rate in the past two years.
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