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India’s first National Environment Survey

to kick off in 2019
October 10, 2018

India’s rst ever National

Environment Survey (NES) will be
kicked o in January, 2019 to map
environment data of 55 districts
across 24 states and 3 Union Territories. The NES will
rank all districts on their environmental performance
and document their best green practices based on
various environmental parameters. The earliest rst
set of complete green data from this survey will be
available in 2020.
1st National Environment Survey (NES)
The rst NES will be carried out by Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
through Environmental Information System (ENVIS)
and its hubs and resource partners across the
country. It will be done through grid-based approach,
using grids measuring 9×9 km to collect
comprehensive data on various environmental
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parameters. These parameters will include air, water,

soil quality; solid, hazardous and e-waste; emission
inventory; forest & wildlife; ora & fauna; wetlands,
lakes, rivers and other water bodies. It will also assess
carbon sequestration potential of all the districts
across the country.
Significance
The green data from this survey will provide
important tool in hands of policy-makers for decision
making at all levels – district, state and national. The
survey will fully map and create emission inventory,
provide valuation of ecosystem services and collate
research in the eld of environment. Initially the
survey will be focusing on 55 districts and later will
be scaled up to all districts in the country. The skilled
manpower required for the survey will be provided
from persons skilled and trained under MoEFCC’s
Green Skill Development Programme.
Month:Current A airs – October, 2018  Categories: Environment &
Biodiversity
Tags: Environment • Environmental Information System • Ministry of
Environment • National Environment Survey

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