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Contents
Module A
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3
Introduction Mineral Resources Energy Resources
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Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6
Water Resources Marine Resources Biotic Resources
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Chapter 7
Forest Resources
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Module B
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Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10
Agriculture Industries World Economic
Development
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MODULE A
RESOURCES
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CHAPTER - 1
INTRODUCTION
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Resource
Biotic Abiotic
• There are also macro and micro of nature and can be used directly.
classifications. Like the resources which • Sometimes, tools and technology may
are utilized as food resources, mineral be needed to use a natural resource
resources, and energy resources. Then, in the best possible way. Natural
these are classified at micro level as the resources are broadly categorized
ferrous, non-ferrous etc. for the mineral into renewable and non-renewable
resources. For the food resources this resources. Renewable resources are
classification can be as vegetables, those resources which get renewed or
non-vegetables, organisms etc. replenished quickly after their use. Some
• The objective of classification would of these are unlimited and not affected
primarily decide how we put a resource by human activities, for example Solar
under a particular category. and Wind Energy.
• Resources which are obtained from • The indiscriminate use of renewable
nature and used without much resources such as soil, water, and forest
modification are called natural can have a negative impact on their
resources. The oxygen we breathe, the stock. For example, water seems to
water in our rivers and lakes, the soils, be an unlimited renewable resource.
minerals are all-natural resources. Most But today, in many parts of the world,
of these natural resources are free gifts shortage and drying up of natural water
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CHAPTER - 2
MINERAL RESOURCES
I m a g e 2.1: C yc l e of Minerals
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Types of Minerals
Non-
Ferrous Non-Ferrous Organic Do not contain organic
Minerals. Minerals minerals organic matter Minerals
have iron
content. do not have contain organic Mica, limestone,
iron content. matter graphite, gypsum
etc.
Example: -Iron
ore, manganese, Gold, silver,
tungsten, nickel, copper, lead,
cobalt etc bauxite, tin, Coal ,
magnesium, etc. petroleum etc
I m a g e 2.2: T y p e s of Minerals
Distribution of plateaus.
• For example Iron-ore in north Sweden,
Minerals across the copper and nickel deposits in Ontario,
Canada, iron, nickel, chromites and
different continent platinum in South Africa.
• Minerals in sedimentary rock: It
in the world contains non-metallic minerals like
limestone and fossil mineral fuels like
• Minerals resources occur in variety of petroleum and coal are also found in
rocks. Some are produced from igneous the sedimentary strata.
rocks, some in metamorphic rocks while
others found in sedimentary rocks. • Example: Limestone deposits of
Caucasus belt of France, manganese
• Minerals in igneous and metamorphic deposits of Georgia and Ukraine and
rock: Metallic minerals are found in phosphate beds of Algeria.
these types of rock that form large
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• Brazil and Bolivia are also amongst the which metallic iron can be extracted
top list with respect to production of tin. through different techniques. The
• Continent also has other mineral colour of iron ore can vary in color from
deposits like gold, silver, diamond dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple
bauxite, mica zinc, chromium, to rusty red.
manganese, platinum and asbestos • The iron is usually found in the various
and diamond. forms like magnetite, hematite, goethite,
limonite or siderite.
• Four important varieties of iron ore are:
Australia
» Magnetite
• Australia is one of the largest producers
of bauxite in the world and also a − It is the best quality of iron ore and
leading producer of diamond, gold, iron has Iron content around 72%.
ore, tin and nickel.
− It has excellent magnetic qualities.
• Continent is also rich in manganese,
lead, copper and zinc. » Hamatite
• Largest deposits of gold found in
Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie regions of − It contains 60-70% pure iron.
western Australia. − Most important for the purpose of
industrial use.
Africa » Limonite
• African continent is rich in mineral − Yellow or light brown colour.
resources.
− Contains around 40-60% pure iron.
• Continent is the leading producer of
diamonds, gold and platinum. » Siderite
• Large amount of world’s gold is
produced by South Africa, Zimbabwe − It is of inferior quality which
and Zaire. comprises many impurities. It has
large iron ore.
• The other important mineral resources
are copper, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite − It contains only around 40-50%
chromium and uranium. pure iron.
• Region lies south of Sahara Desert, • Distribution of Iron ore across the
is rich with various type of mineral
world
resources.
• Oil is extracted from Nigeria, Libya and » China, Australia, India, Brazil, Russia,
Angola. Ukraine, U.S.A. and South Africa are the
leading producers.
» Other important countries: Canada,
Important Minerals Iran, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Venezuela,
Liberia, Algeria etc.
of the World » Some important iron ore mines/regions
in the world:
Iron ore
• Iron ores are rocks and minerals from − Carajas and Samarco Alegria mines
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− In USA: Lake Superior area including − China: it large iron ore reserves in
Mesabi, Vermillion, Marquette, Shenyang region of Manchuria;
Cuyana, Manomimi and Gogebic; Muhar and Tahyeh region of Xinjiang
Alabama state including the valley.
I m a g e 2.4: I r o n O r e P r o d u c i n g A r e a s
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Maharashtra – Goa Belt • The ores of this belt are not of very
high quality, but they are exploited
efficiently and it is exported through
Marmagao port.
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INDIA
IRON ORE
Jabalpur
Singhbhum
Sundergarh
Mayurbhanj
Durg
Chandrapur
Bastar
Ratnagiri
Sandur
Hospet
Goa
Shimoga Chikmagalur
Chikmagalur
Salem
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INDIA
BAUXIRE ORE
Katni
Jabalpur Lohardaga
Kachchh
Jamnagagar
Balaghat
Bilaspur Sundargarh
Amreli Mayurbhanj
Bhavnagar
Thane Koraput
Pune
Ratnagiri Srikakulam
Kolhapur
Belgaum
Shimoga
Chikmagalur
Salem
Madurai
I m a g e 2.7: B a u x it e di s tri b u ti o n i n I n di a
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I m a g e 2.8: S t e p s for S u s ta i n a b l e M i n i n g
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CHAPTER - 3
ENERGY RESOURCES
• Though, in recent times nuclear energy
Introduction is considered as one of the solutions but
because of its destructive use in past, it
• Energy is the capability to do work which became a political controversy.
is needed for various life processes. An
energy resource is something that can
• Therefore, overall energy provides
motion to our industrial machines and
generate heat, power life, move objects,
vehicles. It is the primary input in the
or produce electricity. Those matters
production of goods and services. The
that provide energy are known as fuel.
wheels of progress move with the flow
• Human energy consumption has of energy.
increased gradually during the course
of human history. In the ancient
times humans had modest energy
requirements. Classification of
• During the modern time, humans Energy Resources
consume as much as 110 times as much
The energy resources are classified as
energy per person as early humans.
following:
Most of the energy we utilize today
come from fossil fuels (stored solar • Non-Renewable resources:
energy). These are those resources which
• However, fossils fuels have certain become exhausted. For example: coal,
disadvantage as they are non- petroleum, natural gas.
renewable on a human time scale and
• Renewable resources: These
cause various harmful consequences
are those which can be renewed as
on the earth ecosystem.
and when required. The sun, wind,
• Humans mostly rely on materials on tides, hot springs and biomass are all
planet earth except some important inexhaustible or renewable sources of
source of energy like solar energy. There energy (pollution free).
are 5 fundamental sources of energy:
» Nuclear fusion in the Sun (solar energy). The energy resources can also be classified
as:
» Gravity generated by the Earth & Moon.
» Nuclear fission reactions. • Conventional: These are those
» Energy in the interior of the Earth. resources which have been used by
mankind for quite some time now and are
» Energy stored in chemical bonds. mostly direct form of energy resources.
• The coal was not enough to provide all • Non-conventional: These are
the energy needs of humans and they the relatively newer form of energy
realized that they cannot depend too resources. They need some kind of
heavily on oil and they need to look for processing before extracting energy
better energy resource. from them.
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Natural Gas,
Conven onal
petroleum, Coal
sources
etc.
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• Europe: • Australia:
» Donetz Coal Basin- Donbass » Sydney-Newcastle in New South Wales;
(Anthracite and high grade bituminous Ipswitch Queensland; Gippsland in
coal); Moscow- Tula coalfields(lignite); Victoria.
Karaganda fields, Caucasus mountains,
Kuznetsk (Kuzbass), Karaganda fields. • South America:
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I m a g e 3.6: D i s tri b u ti o n of N at u r a l g a s i n wo r l d
production) » Economic:
− Market: Large demand for
• Process hydroelectric power.
» Hydropower, or Hydroelectricity, is a − Huge capital outlay.
type of renewable energy that utilizes − Transport facility.
the water stored in dams along with
− Technological knowledge and skill.
the water flowing in rivers to generate
electricity in the hydro-power plants. » Physical Conditions:
» The falling water helps to rotate the
blades of a turbine, which then spins − Appropriate quantity of water is
a generator that transforms the required thus areas of heavy rainfall
mechanical energy of the spinning distributed throughout the year are
turbine into electrical form of energy. required.
» Regular flow of sufficient amount of water − A seismological less sensitive area.
with high velocity provides favourable − Existence of rapids and falls favor
condition for the development of the development of power by
hydroelectricity. Amount and regularity of increasing the velocity of stream.
flow depends on amount of rainfall while
− Great altitude with steep slope to
slope determines the velocity of flow.
enhance water velocity.
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I m a g e 3.7: D i s tri b u ti o n of H y d e l -P ow e r
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I m a g e 3.8: N u c l e a r fission
» Nuclear Fusion: In this method, small tritium etc. fuse or join together to
nucleus like those of isotopes of create heavier nuclei, releasing vast
hydrogen, namely deuterium and amounts of energy.
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• Heavy minerals like uranium, thorium, » The most common isotopes of natural
radium, plutonium and lithium are the uranium are uranium-238 (which has
important sources of nuclear energy. 146 neutrons and accounts for over 99%
• Atomic minerals can be segregated in of uranium on Earth) and uranium-235
two groups: (which has 143 neutrons).
» All uranium isotopes are radioactive
» Primary Minerals: These are made and fissionable. However only 235U is
directly from magmas, hydrothermal fissile (will support a neutron-mediated
solution and groundwater. E.g.: chain reaction).
Uraninite, Thorianite. » Naturally occurring heavy metal
» Secondary Minerals: These are element found in the Earth’s rock, soil,
made because of remobilization of rivers and oceans.
elements from primary minerals, their
transportation in solution and later • World Distribution and Production of
precipitation due to over-saturation in Uranium:
oxidizing or supergene environment.
» In 2018, more than 95% of the world’s
E.g.: Thorogummite.
uranium production was from ten
nations, with the top four nations,
Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia and
Major Atomic Minerals in the Namibia comprising 75% of global
World production.
Uranium and Thorium are the most − Australia: Olympic Dam and the
important atomic minerals. Other variety Ranger mine in Southern Australia.
of atomic minerals are beryllium, lithium
and zirconium. − Canada: Athabasca Basin, Cigar
Lake, McArthur River basin.
Uranium
− Kazakhstan: Chu-Sarysu basin
It is the most prominent source of atomic alone accounts for over half of the
minerals used in atomic energy: country’s known uranium resources.
• Important Features » India: Uranium ores are known to occur
» One of the heaviest naturally occurring in various locations along the Singbhum
elements. Copper belt. It is also found in Durg
district of Chhattisgarh, Udaipur, Alwar
» Atomic number of Uranium is 92 and and Jhunjhunu districts of Rajasthan,
chemical symbol is ‘U’. Bhandara district of Maharashtra and
» Silvery-gray metallic and highly Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
radioactive chemical element.
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I m a g e 3.10: T o p 5 U r a n i u m P r o d u c e r & C o n s u m e r s
• Uranium Reserve
I m a g e 3.11: U r a n i u m R e s e r v e in World
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» Many evidences shows that nuclear elements. The rocks lying deep below
energy can be scaled up in a country earth surface are heated through the
quickly compared to other low carbon radioactive energy.
technologies, and including it in future • It can be considered a renewable source
energy pathways will help reduce the of energy. It is harvested in regions
time, costs, and risks of decarbonization. where favorable situations are found.
• It is harvested by heating water or
Energy Crisis and directly in heating spaces use for
agriculture and domestic purposes. It
Need of Renewable has some disadvantages such as:
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I m a g e 3.14: S o l a r E n e r g y P r o d u c ti o n
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Bio-energy:
• This energy is produced from plant Energy Conservation
synthesis and is one of the most versatile Energy conservation is important
energy sources which is capable of considering the consequences of generation
providing high quality gaseous, liquid of energy which involves cost, technology
and solid fuels. Wood and wood and has impact of causing pollution.
processing residues, crop residues, Energy is required for fulfilling human
animal waste, seaweed etc. provide the needs of food, living, communication and
basic raw materials for biomass energy overall in any economic activity.
generation.
• Biomass can be transformed to other
usable forms of energy, such as biogas The energy can be conserved
or methane, ethanol and biodiesel. by following three basic steps:
• The important gases produced from
• Using energy justifiably minimizing the
biomass are methane, carbon dioxide,
waste in our uses.
and hydrogen sulphide.
• Adoption of new lifestyles foe lesser
• Bio-diesel is produced from vegetable
wastage and conservation of energy.
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•
By 2030, the government aims to create Recent Efforts:
a renewable energy capacity of 500
GW. The installed renewable energy • The largest solar power project set up
capacity as of November 30, 2020 under the central government's 'Make
was 90.39 GW, with solar and wind In India' initiative, with a capacity of 1.5
accounting for 36.91 GW and 38.43 GW, MW, was completed in November 2020
respectively. Biomass power accounted at the Leh Indian Air Force Station in
for 10.14 GW and small hydro power Ladakh.
accounted for 4.74 GW, respectively. • In November 2020, the government
• announced production-linked incentive
Solar power is a rapidly growing (PLI) scheme worth Rs. 4,500 crore
industry in India. As of June 30, 2020, for high-efficiency solar PV modules
the country's solar installed capacity manufacturing over a five-year period.
was 35.12 GW. Installing solar power • Indian Railways is taking increased
plants in India has the lowest capital efforts through sustained energy
cost per MW in the world. efficient measures and maximum use
• Rooftop solar power generates 2.1 of clean fuel to cut down emission level
GW, with 70% of it being industrial by 33% by 2030.
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CHAPTER - 4
WATER RESOURCES
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I m a g e 4.1: W at e r C yc l e
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of the world’s water resources are found rivers (receive high amount of rainfall
in India. and melted water from Himalayan
• Water availability from precipitation in region) account for only around 1/3rd
a year is about 4,000 cubic km. of the total surface area in the country,
have around 60% of the total surface
• Overall utilizable water resource in the water resources.
country is only around 1,122 cubic km.
» Much of the annual water flow in
• Surface Water Resources (rivers, south Indian rivers like the Godavari,
lakes, ponds, and tanks) the Krishna, and the Kaveri has been
harnessed well. (As compare to northern
» In India, around 10,360 rivers and rivers).
tributaries are lengthier than 1.6
kilometer each. • Groundwater Resources in India
» The mean annual flow (in all the river
basins) in India is estimated to be
» Overall replenishable groundwater
resources in India are around 432
around 1,869 cubic km.
cubic km. Amongst the top, The
» Because of some topographical and Brahamaputra and Ganga basins have
hydrological restrictions, only around about 46% of the total replenishable
690 cubic km (32% ) of the available groundwater resources.
surface water can be used.
» Utilization of groundwater is relatively
» Ganga, the Brahmaputra and the Barak high in the river basins situated in
I m a g e 4.3: M a j o r ri v e r s i n I n di a
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India will grow due to rapid urbanization, with climate change. More risk is
industrialization, population growth associated with water pollution and
and in the absence of proper planning, pathogenic contamination caused
people across the world and in India by flooding or by higher pollutant
will face more issues in future. concentrations during drought season.
• Water pollution: It is associated with • Changes caused by climate change
disposal of variety of industrial wastes, in precipitation patterns are expected
domestic wastes into the freshwater to grow the intensity and frequency of
sources like rivers, lakes have resulted flood and drought events in many areas
in polluting water bodies. which may have lots of secondary
effects. E.g. along with changes in
• Poor water storage: During the natural vegetation, it will also lead to
monsoon rainfall season, the desilting the destabilization of slopes and thus
operations of the water bodies, dams, higher potential for sudden floods and
etc. are not done at the time therefore it landslides.
is affecting the water storage capacity
of India. • Water quality will be negatively affected
because of higher water temperatures,
reduced dissolved oxygen, due to which
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important initiatives
taken by India Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY):
Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY):
• It has been formulated amalgamating
• It focused on sustainable ground ongoing schemes like:
water management with community
participation in select over-exploited » Accelerated Irrigation Benefit
and ground water stressed regions Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water
in seven States (Gujarat, Haryana, Resources, River Development & Ganga
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rejuvenation.
Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar » Integrated Watershed Management
Pradesh). Programme (IWMP) of Department of
Land Resources.
» On Farm Water Management (OFWM)
Jal Jeevan Mission: component of National Mission
• The proposed Jal Jeevan Mission will on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
make source sustainability measures of Department of Agriculture and
mandatory prior to pumping and Cooperation.
distributing water to households.
• Programmes like the Swajal project in • Major objective of PMKSY
Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and » To achieve convergence of investments
the Water and Sanitation Management in irrigation infrastructure at the field
Organisation (WASMO) programme level.
in Gujarat, demonstrated that with
adequate capacity building and » Increase cultivable region under
training are very helpful through which assured irrigation.
water can be most efficiently managed » Improve and enhance on-farm water
at the lowest appropriate level. use efficiency to reduce wastage of
• Schemes would be managed by the water.
community itself with the help of » Enhance the adoption of precision-
establishment of a village water and irrigation and other water saving
sanitation committee, a sub-committee methods which will fulfill the aim of
of the gram panchayat. ‘More crop per drop’.
• Surface water-based multi-village » Enhance and improve recharge of
schemes will be promoted if adequate aquifers and introduce sustainable
quantity of safe groundwater is not water conservation techniques by
present in a region, or where it may be exploring the feasibility of reusing
technically not feasible to have single- treated municipal wastewater for peri-
village schemes. urban agriculture and attract greater
• Provision for the effective channeling private investment in precision irrigation
and treatment of household wastewater system in agriculture.
(known as grey water) with the help of
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CHAPTER - 5
MARINE RESOURCES
» This is accrued from multiple services
Introduction and resources such as:
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» Examples:
Marine resources
− Due to the work of river.
linked with ocean − By the means of sea waves and
deposits and their currents.
− Due to work of winds.
sources − Due to the work of Glaciers.
The ocean deposits spread over the ocean
floors and these deposits are mostly linked • Pelagic Deposits
to the four sources.
» These sediments are found on the
• Terrigenous Deposits floors of deep seas and oceans. These
deposits are mainly obtained from
» These deposits are obtained from land the marine vegetation and animal life.
and it is mostly found the shallower The sediments comprise of shells and
depths. It can include deposits of skeletons of marine Vegetation and
mud, volcanic materials obtained from animals.
denudation of continental rocks, sand
and gravel.
» Pelagic deposits cover around 75.5% of
ocean areas in the form of many types
» There are various sources through of oozes in a sporadic mix in most cases
which these deposits are brought into with other types of ocean deposits. Of
to the oceans. the total ocean deposits, red clay covers
around 31.1% of the ocean floor.
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• The ocean waters have been fished for » Accessibility to forest resources which
thousands of years and are an integral supports the manufacturing of fishing
part of our society. boats.
• It is traditionally construed as one of
the most significant sectors of the Blue
Economy. Its contribution is majorly Marine Mineral Resources
felt in economic activities like national • These minerals are either dissolved in
income, trade, employment generation, the marine water or they can be found
food and nutritional security and various as deposits. These resources are found
kinds of non-traditional economic either on the surface or below the
security. surface. Some of the principle marine
• Fish consumption significantly grown mineral resources are:
from 5.2 kg per capita in the year 1961
to 19.4 kg in the year 2017, at an average
• Salt, or sodium chloride
annual rate of 2.4%. » Exists in ocean water at a concentration
• In 2017, fish consumption accounted for of around 3% and as such constitutes
around 17% of the world population’s for more than 80% of the dissolved
intake of animal proteins, and 7% of all chemical elements in sea water.
proteins consumed. » Salt availability in all the oceans is
• The top seven producing nations of so enormous that it could provide all
world capture fisheries accounted for human needs for hundreds, perhaps
almost 50% of total captures, China thousands, of years.
capturing around 15% of the total, » Amongst most of the mineral resources
followed by Indonesia (7% ), Peru (7% salt can be extracted at commercial
), India (6% ), the Russian Federation level efficiently.
(5% ), the United States of America (5%
) and Vietnam (3% ). • Potassium
• The most common species of the global
fisheries are herring, cod, anchovy, » Similar to the sodium and chlorine
flounder, tuna, shrimp, mullet, squid, of salt, Potassium occurs in large
crab, salmon, lobster, scallops and quantities in ocean water, however
oyster. its average concentration of about
1,300 parts per million (ppm) or 0.13%
• Good fishing grounds depends on: is generally too low to permit direct
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CHAPTER - 6
BIOTIC RESOURCES
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from 2011 puts the number at around terrestrial vertebrates and the highest
8.7 million (plus or minus 1.3 million), number of threatened species.
with around 6.5 million species on land
and around 2.2 million in oceans. • Important info related to Tree
• Important information related to species (According to the Global
Habitats Tree Search)
» Tropical moist forests stand out as » Survey suggests the existence of 60,082
the significant reservoirs of global tree species which includes palms and
biodiversity and it includes around many agricultural tree crops (e.g. coffee,
1200 species of beetle from a single oil palm and fruit trees) not commonly
tree species, 365 types of tree species found in forests.
in a 1-ha plot, 365 plant species in a 0.1- » Around half of world’s tree species (45%
ha plot and approximately half of the ) are part of just ten families. Fabaceae,
global species richness in just 6 to 7% Rubiaceae and Myrtaceae are the three
of its land area. most tree-rich families.
» Tropical and subtropical forests (dry » Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia (mostly
and humid) include the ten hotspots Tropical countries) are the countries
with highest number of endemic higher with the greatest number of tree
species.
» The countries with the most country- Madagascar and Papua New Guinea.
endemic types of tree species reflect » Threatened species:
broader plant diversity trends e.g. in
Australia, Brazil and China or are island − Till December 2019, 20,334 types of
regions where isolation is responsible for tree species had been included in
the added speciation e.g. in Indonesia, the IUCN Red List of Threatened
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Species, out of these 8 056 were − Over 1400 tree species have been
assessed as globally threatened assessed as critically endangered
species (Critically Endangered, species which require urgent
Endangered or Vulnerable). conservation action.
• Around 144 000 types of species of fungi America, the gorillas of Central Africa,
have been named and classified so far the lemurs of Madagascar, the panda
but it is roughly calculated that the vast bears of China and the Philippine Eagle.
majority (over 93% ) of fungal species » Around 1.3 million species of
are currently unrevealed which shows invertebrates have been identified.
that the total number of fungal species However, some report suggests the
on Earth ecosystem is somewhere range of species between 5 million to 10
between 2.2 and 3.8 million. million.
• Important information about Animals:
• Wildlife in India
− According to IUCN, around 70000
vertebrate species are known and » India is also a home of great variety of
forests act as the important habitats wildlife.
for almost around 5 000 amphibian » Indian region provides habitat to about
species (80% of all known species) 75,000 species. 1200 different species of
and close to around 7500 bird birds are found in India.
species (75% of all birds).
» Amongst the important animals,
− over 3 700 different mammals (68% elephants are found in the forest of
of all species) Assam, Kerala and Karnataka. Camel
and wild ass are mostly confined to the
» Some of the important species are the
arid regions and Runn of Kachchh in
jaguar of Latin American region, the
Gujarat, respectively.
koalas of Australia, the bears from North
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• Across the world in all climatic zones, and moisture regulation, animal
communities that live within forests habitat, and nutrient transport services.
depend on forest biodiversity for food, • Around more than half of the world’s
fodder, shelter, energy, medicine and habitable land has been converted
income generation. to agriculture, and more than 70% of
agricultural land is utilized for grazing
by cattle, sheep, goats, and other
• Biodiversity linked with biotic resources
livestock. This massive conversion of
is must for the stability and proper
forests, wetlands, grasslands and other
functioning of the biosphere (lithosphere,
important terrestrial ecosystems has
atmosphere and hydrosphere).
resulted in decline in the number of
• As niche provides very vital information vertebrates worldwide, with the greatest
about all the factors responsible for the losses in vertebrate populations
existence of a species, it can play a vital occurring in freshwater habitats and in
role in the conservation of different South and Central America.
organisms.
• Activities like agriculture, forest clearing,
• Ecological niches allow different species wetland filling, stream channeling
to exist in their environment. Under the and rerouting as well as roads and
right conditions, the various species will building construction are often part
thrive and play a unique role. of a systematic effort that produces a
substantial change in the ecological
trajectory of a landscape.
Loss of Biodiversity • Large-scale commercial agriculture
and Reasons activities (cattle ranching and
cultivation of soyabean and oil palm
etc.) accounted for around 40% of
• The idea of biodiversity is also linked tropical deforestation between 2000
with species richness (the count of and 2010, and local subsistence
species in an area), and thus biodiversity agriculture for another 33% of forest
loss is also associated with species loss deforestation.
from an ecosystem or even the entire
biosphere which can also be termed as
• Important factors responsible for
degradation and depletion of biotic
an extinction of a species.
resources are habitat change, various
• Even though a species may not be unsustainable agricultural practices;
removed from the ecosystem or from invasive species; low resource-use
the biosphere, its niche diminishes as efficiency and overexploitation of
its numbers fall. The niches occupied by resources, including illegal logging and
a single species or a group of species trade in wildlife.
is vital to the proper functioning of
the ecosystem. Thus a sudden decline
in numbers may produce significant
changes in the ecosystem’s structure.
(Niche, in ecology, is the role that a
species plays in the ecosystems it
inhabits).
• For example, clearing trees from a forest
eliminates the services provided to the
ecosystem like shading, temperature
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− Decreasing
Sustainable use of deforestation.
emissions from
Biodiversity stocks.
− Enhancement of forest-carbon
• Six globally agreed principles of forest stocks.
and landscape restoration are: − Sustainable management of forest
resources.
» Focus on the landscape scale.
» Engage stakeholders and support » The Convention on International
participatory governance. Trade in Endangered Species of
» Restore multiple forest functions for Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
multiple benefits.
− Objective is to ‘ensure that
» Maintain and enhance natural international trade in specimens of
ecosystems within landscapes. wild animals and plants does not
» Tailor restoration approaches to the threaten their survival’. Through
local context. its three appendices (Appendices
I, II and III), CITES accords varying
» Manage adaptively for long-term
degrees of protection to greater
resilience.
than 30,000 species of animals and
• The biosphere depends on a diversity plants.
of organisms to keep it in balance.
To ensure that we protect and enrich » Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar
this biodiversity it is necessary that Convention)
we gather and disseminate essential
knowledge which can empower people, − It provides framework for the
industries and governments. The conservation and wise use of
knowledge is essential component to wetlands and their resources. It
help all stakeholders live in harmony works on the basis of national action
with nature. and international cooperation.
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FOREST RESOURCES
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» Areas
Six important types covering Equatorial
including Zaire and Congo.
Africa
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ecoregions, and with conifer and eastern North America, with some
broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest other globally distinctive ecoregions
ecoregions. in the Caucasus, Southern Europe, the
• Distribution: Richest and most Himalayas, Australasia, Russian Far
distinctive characteristics of this East and southern South America.
forest found in central China and
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free for drinking and food processing. • Medicines derived from forest
• Drumstick tree important for providing ecosystem are prominently utilised
large amounts of vitamin B, vitamin C, in Ayurvedic, traditional Chinese and
beta-carotene, magnesium, iron and other indigenous health care systems.
protein. Multipurpose Baobab trees • E.g.- Quinine produced from several
and their fruits contain up to 300 mg of Andean forest tree species of the genus
vitamin C per 100 g of fruit pulp, close Cinchona, was widely used antimalarial
to approximately six times the level of medicine in the world.
vitamin C present in oranges.
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ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
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CHAPTER - 8
AGRICULTURE
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crops and intensity of land use. methods of farming give rise to different
» Structures used to house and facilitate types of agricultural systems. The
the farming operations. following are the important agricultural
systems.
» Processing and marketing of farm
produce.
» Degree of mechanization. Nomadic Herding
• There are thirteen types of agricultural • Nomadic herding/pastoral nomadism
occupancy of the agricultural land are is one of the earliest subsistence
recognized: activity, in which the herders depend
on animals for food, clothing, shelter,
» Nomadic Herding tools and transport.
» Livestock Ranching • Nomadic herding might be called
» Shifting Cultivation the aboriginal form of the livestock
business.
» Rudimental Sedentary Tillage
• They travel from one place to another
» Intensive Subsistence Tillage with Rice
along with their livestock, depending
Dominant
on the areas related to the amount
» Intensive Subsistence Tillage without and quality of pastures and water.
Paddy Rice Each nomadic community occupies a
» Mediterranean Agriculture well-identified region as a matter of
tradition.
» Commercial Grain Farming
• The stock which supports the agricultural
» Commercial Livestock and Crop
system may be sheep, cattle, goats, or
Farming
even camels or reindeer. Along with
» Subsistence Crop and Stock Farming them a few work animals are kept-
» Commercial Dairy Farming horses, asses, camels, or reindeer-to aid
in herding, in roundups, and in moving
» Specialized Horticulture camp.
» Commercial Plantation Agriculture • A different variety of animals in different
areas:
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I m a g e 8.2: A r e a s of N o m a di c H a rdi n g
Commercial Livestock Rearing wool, hides and skin are processed and
packed scientifically and exported to
• As compare to nomadic herding, different world markets.
commercial livestock rearing is more
• Rearing of animal is based on scientific
organised, structured and capital
ideas in which the main emphasis is on
intensive.
breeding, genetic improvement, disease
• Important features of Commercial control and health care of the animals.
Livestock Rearing:
• Important areas/countries for
» Commercial livestock ranching is commercial livestock rearing:
mostly linked with western cultures and
» Large expanse of prairies extending
is practised on permanent ranches.
from north to south in western Canada,
» These ranches stretch over large areas Western U.S.A. and Central Mexico.
and are fragmented into a number of
» Pampas of Brazilian Plateau and
parcels, which are fenced to regulate
Argentina.
the grazing.
» Llanoes of Venezuela.
» When the grass of one parcel is grazed
by animals then, they moved to another » Veldt region of South Africa.
parcel. The number of animals in a » Temperate grasslands of Australia and
pasture is kept in proportion to the New Zealand.
carrying capacity of the pasture.
» Areas lying east of the Caspian Sea and
» This is a specialised occupation in north of Aral Sea i.e. steppes of Eurasia.
which only one type of animal is reared.
• Animals are grazed over large regions
• Most significant animals are sheep, which are called as ‘ranches’ in Prairies
cattle, goats and horses. and ‘estancia’ in Pampas.
• Different types of products such as meat,
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India Jhum/Bewar/Podu
Srilanka Chena
Malaysia Ladang
Philippines Kaingin
Vietnam Ray
Indonesia Humah
Myanmar Taungya
Congo Masole
Brazail Roka
Mexico and Central America Milpa
Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe Chitmene
I m a g e 8.3: C o m m e r c i a l L i v e s to c k R e a ri n g
Subsistence agriculture
Subsistence farming is type of agriculture two categories — Primitive Subsistence
in which farmers grow food crops to meet Agriculture and Intensive Subsistence
the needs of themselves and their families Agriculture.
on smallholdings. It can be divided in
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Primitive Subsistence Agriculture and the ashes add to the fertility of the
soil.
• Primitive subsistence agriculture/
• Therefore, shifting cultivation is also
Shifting Cultivation is mainly practised
known as slash and burn agriculture.
by many tribes in the tropics, especially
The cultivated patches are very small
in Africa, south and central America
and farming is done with very primitive
and south east Asia.
types of tools such as sticks and hoes.
• The vegetation is mostly cleared by fire,
• After some years (around 3 to 5 years) cultivation in different part of the world.
the soil looses its fertility and the farmer • Following are the important regions of
switches to another parts and clears shifting cultivation:
other part of the forest for farming.
• After sometimes the farmer may return » The largest areas of shifting agriculture
to the earlier patch. are in central Africa on both sides of
Equator.
• One of the major problem associated
with shifting cultivation is that the cycle » North-eastern part of India comprising
of jhum becomes less and less due to the states of Assam, Meghalaya,
loss of fertility in different part of the Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland and
land. Mizoram and South-East Asia.
• There are various names of shifting » Central America and South America.
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Mixed Farming
• Mixed farming is one of the agricultural Mixed farming systems can be classified
methods in which more than one in number of ways - based on land size,
agricultural practices take place on the type of crops and animals, geographical
same agricultural yield. The farmer can distribution, market orientation, etc.
add livestock farming to the cash crop Three major categories are:
farming.
» Between-farm mixing Vs On-farm
• Mixed farming practiced in many mixing:
forms which is influenced by external
and internal factors. External factors − On-farm mixed farming refers to
are weather patterns, market prices, mixing on the same farm, and
political stability, technological between-farm mixing refers to
developments, etc. Internal factors exchanging resources between
relate to local soil characteristics, different farms.
composition of the family and farmers'
ingenuity.
− On-farm mixing occurs particularly
where individual farmers will be
• This form of agriculture is found in the keen to recycle the resources they
highly developed parts of the world, e.g. have on their own farm.
North-western Europe, Eastern North
America, and the temperate latitudes
− Between-farm mixing occurs in
countries where it is used to mitigate
of Southern continents.
the waste disposal problems of
• Types of mixed farming specialized farming.
agriculture
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» Mixing within crops or animal systems: to minimize risk and not to recycle
resources.
− In this type of system, multiple crops
are sown, generally over a specified
− Integration is done to recycle
resources efficiently. In this system,
time period in a season, or different
products or by-products of one
types of animals are kept together,
component serve as a resource for
mostly on-farm.
the other - dung goes to the crops
− Within-crop, mixing takes place and straw to the animals.
where crop rotations are practised
over and within years. For example,
− In this case the integrated system
serves to make maximum use of
a farmer generally practice grain-
the resources. Unfortunately, these
legume rotation to provide the grain
systems tend to become more
with nitrogen or a potato-beet-
vulnerable to disturbance because
grain rotation to avoid disease in
mixing of resource flows makes the
the potatoes.
system internally more complex and
− Examples: chicken-fish pond systems interdependent.
where chicken dung fertilizes the fish
pond; in beef-pork systems where • Mixed farms are moderate in size &
pigs eat the undigested grains from important crops cultivated under this
the beef cattle dung. farming are: wheat, barley, oats, maize,
fodder & root crops.
» Diversified versus integrated systems:
• Animal husbandry is an essential
− Diversified systems consist of component of mixed farming.
crops and livestock that co-exist • Crop rotation and intercropping
independently from each other. In play essential and significant role in
particular, farmers can have pigs, maintaining soil fertility. Equal emphasis
dairy and crops as quite independent is put on crop cultivation and animal
units. In this case the mixing of husbandry in which Fodder crops are
crops and livestock primarily serves vital part of mixed farming.
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• Animals like cattle, sheep, pigs and (roughly 750 million people) around the
poultry give the primary income along globe are engaged in milk production.
with crops. • Dairy farming is the most efficient and
• Mixed farming is featured by high advanced type of rearing of milch
capital expenditure on various type animals.
of farm machinery and building, large • Highly capital intensive: Animal sheds,
use of chemical fertilizers and green storage facilities for fodder, feeding
manures and also by the skill and and milking machines add to the cost
expertise of the farmers. of this type farming
• Special emphasis is put on cattle
breeding, health care and veterinary
Dairy Farming services.
• Approximately 150 million households
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livelihoods, food security and nutrition. by 15 million tons per year, mostly in
Milk provides relatively quick returns developing countries, If the increased
for small-scale producers and is an volume was produced by smallholder
important source of cash income. dairy farmers, 3 million new jobs would
• Global milk demand is increasing be created annually.
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» medium staple (length of fibre 20-24 » the trade reforms needed to address
mm) subsidies and high trade barriers for
» short staple (length of fibre less than 20 cotton,
mm). » the assistance provided to the cotton
sector in developing countries.
• World Cotton Day: WTO marks 7 » Major cotton producing countries in the
October 2020 as the first anniversary world
of World Cotton Day. The annual
celebration of World Cotton Day » Egypt is popular for producing long
provides the opportunity to recognize staple fine quality cotton.
the importance of cotton as a global » The U.S. cotton region produces mostly
commodity grown in over 75 countries medium staple.
across five continents and to highlight
» India produces short and medium
its central role in job creation and
staple cotton although long staple
maintaining economic stability in
cotton is also becoming popular.
several least-developed countries.
» China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Brazil.
• x`n two tracks:
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CHAPTER - 9
INDUSTRIES
• The
Introduction countries with
economic growth which is driven by
steady
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some use non-ferrous metallic minerals, other side mixed economic countries
such as aluminium and copper allow both Private and Public sector
industries. industries.
» Many industries also use non-metallic • Private Sector:
minerals such as cement and pottery
• These owned by individual or multiple
industries.
investors where few individuals pool their
financial resources. These industries
• Chemical based Industries
are managed by private organizations.
» Utilization of natural chemical minerals, In capitalist nations, industries are
e.g. mineral oil (petroleum) is used in generally owned by private players.
petrochemical industry. • Joint Sector Industries:
» Some other important chemical-based • These are sometimes owned by the
industries are Salts, Sulphur, potash, government and private individuals
Synthetic fibre and plastic or large private company who have
contributed the capital or managed by
• Forest based: Timber for furniture joint stock companies.
manufacturing industry, wood, bamboo
and grass for paper industry, lac for lac
industries come from forests.
• Animal based Industries like
Location of
Leather for leather industry and wool industries and
for woollen textiles are procured from
animals. factors responsible
for its establishment
Industries Based on Output/
Product • Industries are not established evenly
across the world and it is found to
• The industries whose products are used be concentrated in certain regions
as raw material to make other types of because of various factors which
goods are called basic industries like maximize profits and provides ease in
Iron and steel, copper smelting and doing business.
aluminium smelting industries.
• Industry needs certain fundamental
• The consumer goods manufacturing infrastructures like power, water and
industries produced goods which are integrated transportation system which
consumed by consumers directly like can be provided in much lesser time in
industries producing bread, tea, soaps, selected areas than in entire country.
paper, etc. are consumer goods or non-
• Industrial location theory helps to
basic industries.
find out the best location suited for
particular industries and it also finds
out the best industries suited for a
Industries based on Ownership
particular location.
• Public Sector Industries: • Alfred Weber (German Economist) gave
• These are owned and governed by the theory of location of Industries in
governments. E.g. ONGC and SAIL in 1909. This theory emphasized on the
India. Socialist countries have many "Pull factors" that attract industries to a
state-owned industries and on the specific location.
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I m a g e 9.2: W o r l d I n d u s tri a l B e lt
• Some common characteristic of the
industrial regions are: Distribution of Major
» Specialisation of Skills/Methods of Industries
Production.
Textile Industries
» Mechanisation and Automation.
» Technological innovations through R & • Textile industries provide us clothing, the
second most important requirement of
D strategy.
man after food. Some of the important
» Organisational Structure and textiles industries are - Cotton, woolen,
Stratification like large organization silk, jute and synthetics.
and executive bureaucracy etc.
• India is the second-largest producer
» Access to Transportation and of cotton and also the second-largest
Communication Facilities. producer of textiles and garments after
» Access to Market. China. India is also largest producer
of jute. It provides employment to 51
» Access to Sources of Energy.
million people directly and 68 million
» Access to Raw Material. people indirectly.
» Access to Labour Supply.
» Access to Agglomeration of industries Cotton Textile Industry
(Large number of industries benefit
from nearness to a leader-industry and • The cotton textile manufacturing
other industries). industry is considered as one of the
oldest industries. Prior to industrial
revolution, cotton cloth was hand spun
(wheels) and looms were used very
rarely.
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• In 18th century, spinning jenny was • China, U.S.A., India and Russia are the
invented which led to the development leading producers of cotton textile. U.K.,
of power looms. This facilitated the Japan and Germany have developed
development of cotton textile industry, this industry by importing cotton
first in Britain and later in other parts of because these nations do not produce
the world. cotton.
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reduce the weight of applications and involves many stages. The raw material
encourage circular economy practices. is put in the blast furnace where it
undergoes smelting.
• It is then refined. The output obtained
Process of making steel and its is steel which may be utilized by other
usage industries as raw material.
• The transformation of iron ore into steel
I m a g e 9.5: R aw M at e ri a l for S t e e l I n d u s tr y
• Special alloys of steel can be produced copper. Alloys provide steel unusual
by adding small amounts of other hardness, toughness, or ability to resist
metals such as aluminium, nickel, and rust.
I m a g e 9.6: S t e e l P r o d u c ti o n
Changes in location of iron and still the industry was near coal fields and
industry close to canals and railways.
• After 1950, iron and steel industry began
• Before 1800 A.D. iron and steel industry to be established on large areas of flat
was situated where raw materials,
land near seaports. This is because by
power supply and running water were
this time steel works had become very
easily accessible.
large and iron ore had to be imported
• After some time, the ideal location for from overseas.
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• Great progress has been achieved in • ICTs have the potential to bring millions
bridging the digital divide or digital upon millions of people into the global
gap. The explosive growth in mobile economy and to form new social
telephony, even in the poorest countries, communities.
is changing the way people contribute • Falling global absolute poverty and
to the economic and social well being rising ICT penetration.
of their societies.
2.2 6
2.0 5
1.8 4
1.6 3
1.4 2
1.2 1
1.0 0
1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010
• Even though such kind of progress • In this situation, the world recognize
and all its potential, ICTs are still less that the ICT community can be the
accessible and costly for the majority of facilitator of a new transformation that
the people in the world. The challenge must take place.
is not only to provide affordable access • Many IT industries are established
to information and communication across the globe. Some of the important
technologies, but to do so in a way that IT industries are Google, Microsoft,
makes socially responsible business Infosys, Accenture and IBM etc.
sense.
• Some important IT hubs are situated
• There are millions of people waiting in Silicon Valley, California (USA) and
to contribute to the global economy Bengaluru, India.
in more substantial ways, but they are
limited by their current circumstances.
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• Two main pillars of inclusive and • Adopting more socially inclusive and
sustainable industrial development: environmentally sustainable business
the first one is about creating shared operations will help to mitigate risk,
prosperity for all, and the second focuses develop new markets and cultivate
on safeguarding the environment. sustainable relationships with suppliers,
• We need to ensure following factors customers and investors.
while implementing inclusive and • Introducing energy efficiency
sustainable industrial development,: improvements and scaling up the use of
renewable energy for productive uses
» Higher level of industrialization and and industrial applications is essential
globalization of markets should benefit if the world is to move towards inclusive
goods and service industry. and sustainable development.
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CHAPTER - 10
ECONOMIC
I m a g e 10.1: E a r l i e r h u n t e r g ath e r e r s
DEVELOPMENT
• Next horticultural and pastoral societies
were developed, in which people raised • According to Michael Todaro “Economic
animals and grew crops. Although, they development is an increase in living
were better than their hunting and standards, improvement in self-esteem
gathering counterparts but families as needs and freedom from oppression
a unit were involved, so no separate as well as a greater choice”.
institution of economy can be evolved. • No single description incorporates
• This separate institution i.e. ‘the all the different strands of economic
economy’—finally did appear with the development. It is usually described in
advent of agricultural societies about terms of objectives.
5,000 years ago. The societies started • Most commonly described objectives of
producing the food surpluses due to economic development are creation of
invention of wheel and plow, these jobs and wealth, and the improvement
surpluses gave rise to inter and intra of quality of life.
society trade. • Economic development is a process
• Rise of trade marked the appearance that influences growth and restructuring
of a separate economy. To repair of an economy to enhance the economic
broken wheel and plows new crafts well-being of a community.
job evolved and subsequently job • So, in the broadest sense, economic
profiles diversified. But despite these development encompasses three major
developments people still worked near areas:
their home.
1. Policies that the government
• During 1700s and 1800s, work and undertakes to meet various
home finally began to separate as
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Measurement of Economic
Most Commonly Used Measures
Development
of Economic Development:
• Economic development is a concept
and an activity in general to assess 1. GDP Per Capita.
the core competencies of a nation, its 2. Population Growth.
innovation and use of the available 3. Occupational Structure of the Labor
resources. This process improves the Force.
political, economic, and social well-
being of the people. 4. Urbanization.
• When we discuss economic 5. Consumption per capita.
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‘Knowledge Sector’ and there has been reach 9.8 billion by 2050, with 6.7 billion
a very high growth in demand for and people living in urban areas (around
consumption of information-based 68% increase as compare to 2015).
services from mutual fund managers • Significant issues affecting the
to tax consultants, software developers population of world include shifting
and statisticians. Like some of the mortality and fertility rates, gender
tertiary functions, quaternary activities equality, and youth education and
can also be outsourced. employment.
• Quinary Activities (Often referred to as • Fertility rate, or the number of births
‘gold collar’ professions): The highest per woman (of child-bearing age), is
level of decision-makers or policymakers estimated to reduce from a global
implement quinary activities. Quinary average of 2.5 in 2019 to 1.9 by 2100. At
activities are type of services that focus present, Niger has the highest fertility
on the creation, re-arrangement and rate at 7.0; the Indian fertility rate 2.22.
interpretation of new and existing ideas,
data interpretation and the use and • Life expectancy averages is about 65
evaluation of new technologies. They years in Least Developed Countries
represent exclusive and highly paid (LDCs); life expectancy at birth in the
senior business executives, government U.S. is 69.4 years.
officials, research scientists, financial • Globally, contraceptive usage is
and legal consultants, etc. increasing. In 2019, contraceptive use
was about 1.7 times higher than in 1990
and is 6 times higher in LDC. But more
Population Dynamics: than 20% of women of reproductive
age in 15 countries still do not have
• The 2020 India population is 1.3 billion access to contraceptives.
and the world population is over 7.6
billion. • The population of sub-Saharan African
region is growing rapidly and may grow
• Global population is estimated to to over 3 billion people by 2100.
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Important facts related to Standard 2.3 billion people lack access to proper
of Living sanitation facilities. Access is lowest in
sub- Saharan African region, where only
• In 2015, around 0.73 billion people lived one in every three people have proper
below the world poverty line of $1.90 facilities. Globally, urban regions have
USD per day. The projected estimation better sanitation coverage—83% have
was around 1.9 billion in 1990. access to proper facilities, compared to
• According to the Gini Index, Belgium, 50% in rural areas.
Slovenia and Norway have among the Only one quarter of people in least
most equal income distributions in the developing countries have access to
world. basic hygiene (soap and water).
• 2/3rd of Indian population live in In 2015, around 71% of the global
poverty. About 68.8% of the Indian population had access to clean
population lives on less than $2 a drinking water at home, however
day. Over 30% even have less than around 263 million people spent more
$1.25 per day available - they are than 30 minutes per round trip to
considered extremely poor. This makes collect safe drinking water. In Oceania
the Indian subcontinent one of the and Sub-Saharan Africa only around
poorest countries in the world; women 40% and 43% of the rural populations,
and children, the weakest members of respectively, have access to improved
Indian society suffer most. water resources.
• More than 1.8 million people were Healthcare and Disease: Close to
homeless in India in 2019. around 29% of deaths in 2016 were
• Food: Average expenses on food as caused by communicable diseases.
a percentage of income range from In 2018 around 38 million world
14% in developed countries to 24% in population were infected with HIV and
developing countries in 2018. In 2019, nearly around 770,000 died from AIDS.
Americans spent an average of 9.5% Most number of cases are in eastern
of their disposable personal incomes and southern Africa (20.6 million). The
on food. Generally speaking, the more number of new infections reduced by
developed a country is, the smaller. 41% between 1997 and 2018, however
The percentage of household income it infection rates have increased in
spends on food. eastern Europe, northern Africa, central
Asia, and Latin America.
Globally, around 45% of deaths
of children under 5 are caused by Diarrheal diseases killed around 1.6
undernutrition. million people in 2016 because of
inadequate water, sanitation, and
The Green Revolution (GR) during hygiene services. Nearly around
the second half of the 20th century 446,000 children die every year from
was responsible for huge growth in diarrhea. More than 70% and 55%
agricultural yields and helped feed of the infections are because of
the rapidly growing world population. unsafe drinking water and sanitation,
Sub-Saharan African region was the respectively.
only developing area where increased
food production was primarily due to In 2018, there were about 228 million
increased crop area vs. increased crop cases of malaria in the world, with
yield. nearly about 93% occurring in Africa.
Approximately around 405,000 people
• Water and Sanitation: Nearly around died and 67% were children under
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TRANSPORT
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and have quick,easy and affordable • With the discovery of the wheel, the use
access to variety of services. of carts and wagons became important.
• As physical movement of people The revolution in transport happened
and goods are increasing, due to after the invention of the steam engine
which various new opportunities are in the 18th century.
developing that allow the “virtual” • Perhaps the first public railway line
movement of people and goods as well. (between Stockton and Darlington in
• Some of the important examples are northern England) was established
telecommuting, which helps employees in 1825 and then onwards, railway
across the globe to work away from transport became the most popular and
traditional offices and e-commerce fastest mode of transport in the 19th
that allows consumers to order various century and the discovery of the internal
goods online. combustion engine revolutionised road
transportation system.
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traffic, which is responsible for long- Road density Across the World
standing traffic in the city. Most of the
important cities in the world have been • Developed countries have a better
facing the problem of congestion. network of highways as compared to
the developing countries. Example-The
road network in Europe is quite dense,
because of which every port and city in
Europe is linked by highways.
Europe • About 20% of world’s roads and 25% of world’s vehicles are
in this region.
Russia • All the important cities of Russia are connected by highways.
Moscow is the focal point in European Russia while Irkutsk is
the main centre in Asiatic Russia.
• Dense highway network is constructed in the industrialised
region west of the Urals with Moscow as the hub.
• Because of the vast geographical area, highways in Russia
are not as important as railways
Australia • The main highways of Australia are near the coastal areas.
Australia’s major road is the Transcontinental Stuart Highway.
• This connects Darwin in the Northern Territory to Melbourne
in Victoria via Alice Spring and Tennant creek.
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China • Has vast area and its major cities are linked by highways.
Beijing is the main centre which has been linked with
Shanghai and Tsungtso city near Vietnamese border.
• Shanghai has also been linked with Guangzhou in the south.
• A highway has recently been constructed to join Lhasa with
Cheugdu.
Africa • The highways are mainly concentrated in the coastal areas
of the continent.
• Cairo in the north has been linked with Cape Town in the
south by a highway.
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Africa, West Africa and the commercial The North Pacific Route
agriculture and livestock economies of
New Zealand and Australia. • Trade route across the vast North
Pacific Ocean moves by various routes
• The total volume of trade and traffic which converge at Honolulu.
between both East and West Africa is
increasing because of the development • The direct route on the Great Circle
of the rich natural resources such as connects Vancouver and Yokohama
gold, diamond, copper, tin, groundnut, and reduces the travelling distance
oil palm, coffee and fruits. (2,480 km) by half.
• It links the ports on the west coast of
North America with those of Asia.
The South Atlantic Route
• Example-Vancouver, San Francisco,
• Links West European and West African Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles on
countries with Brazil, Argentina and the American side and Yokohama,
Uruguay in South America. Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila
• Reason for less traffic on this route: and Singapore on the Asian side.
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I m a g e 11.10: I n l a n d W at e r W ay s in I n di a
• The Inland Waterways Authority of • The air transport was developed in the
India (IWAI) is authorized to develop early twentieth century and World Wars
and maintain infrastructure for fairway, accelerated the pace of development
navigational aids and terminals. of air transport. There has been a
• The IWAI also provides an enabling phenomenal growth of air transport
environment for private investment in during the last fifty years.
cargo vessels and operational services. • The world distribution of air transport is
• There were only five NWs in the country very unequal.
until 2015. In April 2016, 106 more • Western Europe, Eastern USA and
waterways scattered over the 24 states Southern Asia have dense network of
were declared as NWs. air routes.
• The major nodal points of the world
are London, Paris, Rome, Moscow,
Air Transport New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangkok, Karachi,
Singapore, Tokyo, San Francisco, Los
Important global information Angeles, Chicago, New York and Rio de
about Civil Aviation Janeiro etc.
• It is the costliest and fastest mode of • Soviet Asia and Africa lack air services.
There is a distinct belt of air routes form
transport.
east to west in the mid latitudes of the
• Modern age is called as the Air Age.
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Northern Hemisphere. The U.S.A. alone • Due to its high speed, it is selected by
accounts for about 60% of the airways passengers for long-distance travel.
of the world. Valuable cargo can be moved rapidly
• Africa, Asiatic part of Russia and South on a world-wide scale. It is often the only
America lack air services. There are means to reach inaccessible region.
limited air services between 10-35° • In the contemporary time, no place in
latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere the world is more than 35 hours away.
because of low population, limited Supersonic aircraft can cover the
landmass and low level of economic distance between London and New
development. York within three and a half hours.
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» India has also constructed 1,700 km Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
long Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur (HBJ) According to GAIL, with the Urja Ganga
gas pipeline. It supplies to fertiliser project, 20 lakh households will receive
plants at Bijaipur, Sawai Madhopur, PNG connections.
Jagdishpur, Shahjahanpur, Anwala and
Babrala. • Pipelines have relieved the growing
pressure on the existing surface
» Another gas pipeline connects
transport system and can go a long way
Jamnagar to Loni near Delhi.
as the future mode of transportation of
» Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project: essential materials, particularly in India
Objective of the gas pipeline project as It is aiming to move towards a gas-
is to provide piped cooking gas to based economy by increasing the share
residents of Varanasi and later to of natural gas in India’s energy basket.
millions of people in states like Bihar,
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• Global progress in reducing greenhouse and dignity without safe transport that
gas emissions (SDG 13) cannot be is accessible itself and that enables
realized without decisive action access to all that people need (SDG 9
on energy (SDG 7) and sustainable and 11).
transport, and countries cannot provide • Personal security for all passengers
food security (SDG 2) or healthcare is critical. Goals of biodiversity (SDG
(SDG 3) without providing reliable 15) and ocean health (SDG 14) also
and sustainable transport systems to have significant intersections with
underpin these advances. the promotion of smart, sustainable
• Young people cannot attend schools mobility practices across regions and
(SDG 4), women cannot be assured across modes.
opportunities for employment and • Finally, strengthening the means of
empowerment (SDG 5), and people implementation (SDG17) of the SDGs
with disabilities and elderly people with coherent policies are also central
cannot maintain their independence for transportation.
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COMMUNICATION
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I m a g e 12.1 : R e m ot e S e n s i n g s at e l l it e
• The best satellite images are provided • The satellites have provided lots of
by Landsat satellites of National important information about the earth
Aeronautical and Space Administration to scientists as well as to map makers.
(NASA) of the USA. • The Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
• In this field a major step in remote System (IRS) became operational with
sensing was taken by NASA in July the launching of IRS-IA in March 1988
1972 when Earth Resources Technology from Vaikanour in Russia. Subsequently
Satellite (ERST-1) was sent into the India has also developed her own
space. Its name was replaced with Launching Vehicle PSLV (Polar Satellite
LANDSAT-1 in 1975. Launch Vehicle).
• The launch of Landsat, which is • These satellites collect data in various
operated jointly by NASA and the US spectral bands and transfer them to
Geological Survey, took place in April the ground stations for various uses.
1999. The National Remote Sensing Centre
(NRSC) at Hyderabad gives facilities for
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
• “TRADE related activities has been ideas and cultural practices spread,
going on for as long as individuals particularly in the areas of language,
have needed something that others religion, and art.
had and they did not”. Bartering for • International trade led to the
goods and trade in kind developed into establishment of trade emporiums
more sophisticated forms of exchanges which in turn often developed into
using commonly agreed commodity colonies. As the competition for
currencies such as bronze or copper resources and access to lucrative trade
ingots or even cowry shells. routes intensified, wars often then
• These were often only good for large resulted when rulers looked to seize the
scale trade deals though, and for riches of rival states and empires.
smaller transactions, something else
was needed: Coinage Coins were often
introduced in ancient cultures as a
convenient way to pay soldiers, but the
TRADE IN
idea quickly spread to civilian life. CONTEMPORARY
• Early trade largely focused on luxury
goods like precious metals, spices, TIMES
and fine textiles, but eventually, as
transportation by ship became faster, • INTERNATIONAL TRADE refers to the
more reliable, and cheaper, even exchange of various goods and services
mundane items like olives and fish paste as well as resources from one country to
were exported across great distances. another, it can be done by government
or firms that have the stamina of
• With the increased contact between
operating on the international scale.
cultures caused by trade, so too
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• The Agreement on the EEA entered with the four fundamental pillars of
into force on 1 January 1994. It seeks the internal market, namely: the free
to strengthen trade and economic movement of goods, people, services
relations between the contracting and capital.
parties and is principally concerned
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• The vision for IORA was invented during • This region is considered as a lifeline
a visit by late President Nelson Mandela of international trade and transport
of South Africa to India in 1995. IORA’s and the Indian ocean region is woven
apex body is the Council of Foreign together by trade routes and commands
Ministers (COM) which meets annually. the control of major sea-lanes.
• The association gain significance by • The United Arab Emirates (UAE)
the fact that the Indian Ocean region assumed the role of Chair since
carries 1/3rd of the world’s bulk cargo November 2019 - November 2021,
traffic, ½ of the world’s container ships, followed by the People's Republic of
and 2/3rd of the world’s oil shipments. Bangladesh.
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country can take place by controlling across the world provide their own
the prices of certain commodities. political risk at varying levels while
E.g. crude oil cannot be produced by domestic political changes over time
every country and that is the reason present an ongoing challenge by
why crude importing countries are at changing the laws in a discriminatory
disadvantage all the time due to near fashion and create regulations that
monopoly of oil exporting countries. directly impact a specific organisation.
For example, Donald Trump after
• Economic Dependence: The
coming to power abruptly changed the
underdeveloped nations have to
trade policy as well as the visa policy
depend upon the developed ones for
with India, china and European Union.
their economic development which may
lead to economic exploitation of the • Intellectual Property Theft: The
underdeveloped country. The countries wider the product is dispersed, the more
which sell primary commodity and buy likely that it may be illegally copied by a
manufactures goods in return are the competitor. This can be done in various
losers and get exploited. The standard ways through proprietary information
of living in such countries remain low. or market branding or by reverse
Such condition may lead to discontent engineering. Because of the different
and unrest among underdeveloped legal system in different countries, it
ones. becomes very difficult for countries to
prosecute further.
• Political Risk: Different countries
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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
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POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
• Population Distribution: North America (around 358 million) and
• Population distribution is the spacewise Oceania (around 39 million).
pattern in which the population is • China (nearly 1.4 billion) and India
spread. In most countries, there is wide (1.3 billion) are the most populous
regional variations in the geographic countries of the world and account for
distribution of the population. The respectively 19 and 18% of population
environment in Antarctica makes it a of world. India's population is expected
very challenging location to live in, with to continue to grow for several more
cold temperatures, lack of vegetation decades. It is estimated to reach near
and geographical isolation. about 1.5 billion in 2030 and upto 1.7
• Places which are densely populated billion in 2050, while the population
has liveable environments e.g. Western of China will mostly remain constant
Europe, Deccan Plateau and Ganges and then reduce slightly. As such it is
plain and the East Coast of the USA. projected that India's population will
This can be the result of flat relief, a surpass China in the future.
favorable climate, availability of natural • Population Density:
resources and fresh water. • Population density can be defined as the
• Population distribution is also uneven measurement of the number of people
within a country. Locations with in an area. It is an average number.
favourable conditions are generally Population density is calculated by
more densely populated compared to dividing the number of people by area.
those in more challenging environment. Population density is usually shown
For example, Northern states like as the number of people per square
Uttar Pradesh have higher population kilometer.
density as compared to Himalayan • According to United Nations 2010
States. Population Data, the average density
• The population of world reached 7.3 of world population is 44 persons per
billion in mid of year 2015, which means sq. km.
that the world has added around 1 billion • Asia is the most densely populated
people in the span of 12 years. The continent having 110 persons per square
global population is highly distributed kilometer. Europe got the second rank
over the seven continents of world. with a population of 102 persons per
Most of the world's population (around square km. The continent of Latin
60%) lies in Asia (approximately 4.4 America with a density of 20 persons
billion), 16% lives in Africa (nearly 1.2 per sq. km, ranks third. It is followed by
billion), 10% lives in Europe (around 738 Africa, Anglo-America and Oceania,
million), 9% in Latin (South) America having a density 21, 14 and about 3
and the Caribbean islands (around 634 persons per sq. km. respectively.
million), and the remaining 5% lives in
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migrant population and also the always led to population growth in that
already residing population. particular region.
• Discrimination faced by migrants due • Migration help in the process of
to race, language, food, culture etc. redistribution of population. Policies
discourages in-migration. which promotes reduction in fertility
rates,like banning of infanticide also
influence the growth of population in a
Policies: place.
Distribution of Population:
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Developed Countries:
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MIGRATION
• Human migration includes movement and is then usually termed as asylum
of people from one place to other place seeker. If his application is successful
with intentions of settling, permanently this person's legal status becomes that
or temporarily, at a new location of a refugee.
(geographic region). • We observe that the same person is
• The movement often occurs over long both an immigrant and an emigrant.
distances and from one country to Migrants who move to a new place are
another, but internal migration (within a called Immigrants. Migrants who moves
single country) is also possible; indeed, out of a place are called Emigrants.
this is the dominant form of human • In general people migrate for better
migration globally. Age is also important economic and social life. Mainly there
for both work and non-work migration. are two sets of factors which influence
People can migrate as individuals, in migration. The Push factors make the
family units or in large groups. place of origin looks less attractive for
• Persons moving from their home reasons like unemployment, poor living
because of forced displacement (like conditions, political turmoil, unpleasant
natural disaster or civil unrest) can be climate, natural disasters, epidemics
described as displaced persons and if and socio-economic backwardness.
staying in their home country, internally- The Pull factors make the place of
displaced person. destination seem more attractive than
• A person who wants refuge in another the place of origin for reasons like better
country can make a formal application job opportunities and living conditions,
to that country where refuge is sought peace and stability, security of life and
property and pleasant climate.
Factors of Migration:
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Discrimination
Inefficient medical care
• Some countries in the world where
• In poor developing countries, medical discrimination happens on a daily
standards are very low in general and basis. For instance, women are often
diseases cannot be treated properly. discriminated against and are not
This gives rise to a high death rate and looked at equal with men.
hence indicates a low life expectancy
for the people.
• To improve their health standards, Poverty
many people leave their homes and
• High level of poverty can contribute to
relocate to foreign countries since they
migration. Poor people have a bigger
believe that the overall medical care is
incentive to migrate to rich developed
much better in other places.
nations as they provide better social
security and better health care facilities
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Environmental consequences
Economic Consequences
• Large scale rural to urban migration
• Positive: Migrants send remittances to leads to overcrowding in cities thus
their family members which are very
putting tremendous pressure on the
important for economy.
infrastructure of cities. It give rise to
• Negative: Over-crowding that happens unplanned and haphazard growth of
due to non regulated migration of cities where slums are common.
people. For instance, the development
of unhygienic slums in industrially
developed states like Maharashtra, Other problems
Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and
Delhi. • When males leave their wives in rural
areas, it puts extra physical and mental
burden on women.
Demographic consequences • Women’s migration for education and
employment gives them more freedom,
• Positive: Redistribution of population on the other hand it also adds to their
inside a country. The process of
vulnerability
urbanization is dependent on rural to
urban migration of people.
• Negative: It causes imbalance to the Solution for migration:
structure of demography. Age and
sex composition is seriously affected Stopping the conflicts
in states of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand,
• To mitigate the issue of migration, it is
Madhya Pradesh and Eastern
crucial to stop conflicts so that people
Maharashtra due to migration. Similar
will not be forced to leave their home
situation happens in the recipient
lands. Policy makers, and governments
states.
in every part of the world have to work
together and should stop any kind of
interaction with the nations involved in
Social consequences
conflict.
• Positive: Migrant people brings a wave • This will increase the financial pressure
of social change. They infuse new on those countries and as such, those
ideas of science and technology, girl’s countries would have a bigger incentive
education, family planning, etc from to refrain from clashes.
one place to other place. People also
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Desert where they generally hunt Gudia, Bringa in Orissa; Penda, Dahiya,
reptiles like snakes and collect water Bewar in Madhya Pradesh; Kondapady
from oasis or water pockets of cactus. in Andhra Pradesh and so on.
• Hill cultivation is widely practiced
throughout India. Tribal communities
Cultivators: inhabiting the hills of Assam, Meghalaya,
Manipur, Tripura, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya
• Cultivation of land is the major source Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh use this
of livelihood of the tribes of India. In type of cultivation.
fact, about two-thirds of the tribal • Tribes like the Adis, Akas, Birjhias,
populations are agriculturists. Bondos, Chakmas, Chirus, Gangtes,
Hmars, Jamatias, Juangs, Dimasas,
Karbis, Mijis, Mishmis, Aos, Konyaks,
There are mainly two types of Phoms, Paites, Riangs, Tangsas,
cultivation: Wanchos practice hill cultivation
methods.
• Hill Cultivation and
• Plain Agriculturist
Plain Agriculture:
• Agriculture is the most important
Hill Cultivation:
and popular economic activity of
• The people living in the hilly areas have the tribal population of India. A large
adopted three ways of cultivation. percentage of the tribals are supported
These include: by agriculture who practice it as their
primary source of livelihood.
» Slash-and-burn cultivation carried out • In a rudimentary form this involves
with the help of digging sticks;
cultivating the land by ploughing it
» Hoe-and-burn cultivation; and with two animals and basic implements
» Terrace cultivation in the ‘terai’ areas such as the plough, spade, axe, sickle,
aided by natural irrigation sources. axe, etc.
• The fertilizer used is cow-dung, though
• Hill cultivation is a seasonally-regulated chemical fertilizers are now being
process designed to open up and bring adopted by tribals.
down a belt of land under cultivation
for agriculture. After couple of seasons • Usually ploughing starts in May-June,
of cropping, the land is left unused for transplanting in July-August and
several years with the aim of restoring harvesting in November-December.
fertility to the soil.
• Following this period, land is again • An important feature of tribal agriculture
cleared and burnt and another cycle of is cooperation among relatives and
cultivation begins on a similar pattern. among the villagers on a reciprocal
Simple instruments like the digging basis during the different stages of
stick (with a metallic end), spade, sickle, agricultural activity. All the major tribes
hoe, and axe are used. of India practice agriculture as their main
• Hill cultivation is known by various names source of livelihood. Tribal communities
like Jhum in Assam, Kurwa or Khallu in practicing agriculture include the
Santhal Parganas; Podu, Rema, Dahi, Apatanis, Cheros, Deoris,Miris, Hos,
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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I m a g e 17.1: C o m p o n e n t s of HDI
• The scores for the all three dimensions India’s trend over the years
are then aggregated into a composite (Human Development Index)
index using geometric mean.
• The report indicated that since 1990,
• The HDI simplifies and describes only the HDI value of India has improved to
part of what human development 0.645 from 0.429 (increase of over 50%
entails. Some of the important aspects ). During this period, the life expectancy
are not reflected e.g. it does not reflect at birth in India rose by nearly around
on inequalities, human security, poverty 12 years, while mean years of schooling
and empowerment, etc. witnessed an escalation of 3.5 years.
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During this time, the expected years of of inequality across three important
schooling also increased by 4.5 years. dimensions.
GNI per capita of India also grew, • Two countries with different distributions
registering a rise of nearly around 274%. of achievements can have the same
• India’s HDI trends as compared average HDI value. Under perfect
to other nations equality, the IHDI is equal to the HDI
but falls below the HDI when inequality
» The UNDP compared HDI value of India rises.
with other South Asian nations like • The IHDI is estimated for 151 countries.
Pakistan and Bangladesh. As compare
to India’s rank (131), Bangladesh
• In 2020 Human Development Report
released by UNDP, India ranked 104
obtained 133rd position, while Pakistan
whereas Bangladesh and Bhutan
stood at 154th place.
ranked 102 & 103 respectively in
» In the South Asian zone, India’s HDI is IHDI. Because of lower ranking, India
more than the region’s average which is categorised under low human
stands at 0.641, while India is also above development category. Norway and
the average value of 0.631 among the Iceland positioned first and second
medium HDI category countries. respectively which categorised under
very high human development category.
Inequality-adjusted
Human Development Gender Inequality
Index (IHDI) Index (GII)
• The gender inequality index (GII)
• The Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) provides insights into gender disparities
was introduced by the UNDP in 2010 in health, empowerment and the labour
to measure human development by market. Unlike the human development
accommodating inequality. IHDI is the index (HDI), higher values in the GII
HDI adjusted for inequalities in the indicate worse achievements.
distribution of achievements in each of
the three dimensions of the HDI (health,
education and income).
How is it defined?
• The difference between the HDI and
IHDI is the human development cost of • The GII is a composite measure,
inequality i.e. the overall loss to human reflecting inequality in achievements
development because of inequality. between women and men in three
dimensions: reproductive health,
• The IHDI provides direct link to empowerment and the labour market.
inequalities in dimensions and it can
also form policies across regions • The health dimension is measured by
towards inequality reduction, and the maternal mortality ratio and the
leads to clearer understanding of adolescent fertility rate.
inequalities across the population and • The empowerment dimension is
their contribution to the total human assessed by the share of parliamentary
development cost. seats held by each gender, and by
• The Coefficient of human inequality, is secondary and higher education
measured as an unweighted average attainment levels.
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I m a g e 17.2: C o m p o n e n t s of GII
• It is designed to reveal the extent to » The report also noted that difference in
which national human development parents’ response toward girls and boys
achievements are eroded by gender has led to higher malnutrition among
inequality, and to provide empirical girls.
foundations for policy analysis and
advocacy efforts.
• Low status restricts women’s
opportunities and freedom, giving Multidimensional
them less interaction with others and
fewer opportunities for independent Poverty Index (MPI)
behaviour, restricting the transmission
of new knowledge, and damaging their • Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
self-esteem and self-expression. (MPI) is a measurement of different
dimensions of poverty, covering 107
• It is a particularly important determinant developing countries and was first
of two resources for care: mothers developed in 2010 by Oxford Poverty
physical and mental health, and their and Human Development Initiative
autonomy and control over household (OPHI) and United Nations Development
resources. Programme (UNDP) for UNDP’s Human
• Low status restricts women's capacity Development Reports.
to act in their own and their children's • The Global MPI is released at the
best interests. There is a demonstrated High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on
association between women's status Sustainable Development of the United
and malnutrition in children. Nations in July, every year.
• Gender Inequality Index 2020: • 3 Dimensions and 10 indicators are
used in MPI:
» India is placed at 123 position in the
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CHAPTER - 18
URBANISATION
I m a g e 18.1: W o r l d U r b a n -R u r a l P o p u l ati o n
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Classification of urban.
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Million City • A city with a population of ten lakh (one million) or more is
called as million city.
• In the recent past the number of million cities has increased
at an unprecedented rate.
• London was the first city to reach one million mark is 1800
and it was followed by Paris in 1850 and New York in 1860.
• In 1950, there were 84 million cities in the world which rose
to 438 in 2005 (over fivefold increase in the number).
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by 2050, urban areas will hose nearly growth rate globally during 2015–2050.
68% population of the world. • The highest number of large and mega
• During 1950–2025, the growth trend of cities have increasingly proliferated in
global population shows a consistent Asia and Africa. Projections indicate
increase in urban population, but during that this trend is likely to continue. The
2025–2050, a slowdown is projected for concentration of small- and medium-
urban population growth. sized cities in these two regions has
• If we look at the spatial pattern of also increased over time.
urbanisation, it shows that focus of • Two Asian countries—China and India
the urbanisation has shifted to global will be home to some of the world’s
south from global north. Cities in largest cities in the twenty-first century.
Africa and Asia are growing faster as • Following graph shows the Estimated
compared to other regions of the world, and projected urban populations of
and according to projected estimates, the world between 1950-2050
African cities will experience faster
• Despite its relatively low level of Africa (548 million) and Latin America
urbanization, Asian region, because and the Caribbean (526 million).
of its huge population, has the largest • Evolution of urban population of
number of persons residing in urban world (Specifically in 6 important
areas (2.3 billion in 2018), followed by geographical region).
Europe(553 million urban dwellers),
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PREVIOUS
YEAR
QUESTIONS
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1. Account for the present location of 11. What is the significance of Industrial
iron and steel industries away from Corridors in India? Identify industrial
the source of raw material, by giving corridors, explain their main
examples. 2020 characteristics. 2018
2. Account for the huge flooding of million 12. “The ideal solution of depleting ground
cities in India including the smart ones water resources in India is water
like Hyderabad and Pune. Suggest harvesting system.” How can it be made
lasting remedial measures. 2020 effective in urban areas? 2018
8. Discuss the factors for localization of 17. The effective management of land and
agro-based food processing industries water resources will drastically reduce
of North-West India. 2019 the human miseries. Explain 2016
9. How is efficient and affordable urban 18. South China Sea has assumed great
mass transport key to the rapid geopolitical significance in the present
economic development of India? 2019 context. Comment. 2016
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19. With a brief background of quality 28. How does India see its place in the
of urban life in India, introduce the economic space of rising natural
objectives and strategy of the ‘Smart resource rich Africa? 2014
City Programme’. 2016
25. Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata are the 33. Do you agree that there is a growing
three mega cities of the country but trend of opening new sugar mills in the
the air pollution is much more serious Southern states of India? Discuss with
problem in Delhi as compared to the justification 2013
other two. Why is this so? 2015
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17. The largest coral reef in the world is 2. Kerala’s monazite sands contains
found near the coast of which one of Uranium.
the following countries? [2007] Which of the statements given above is/
(a) Australia (b) Cuba are correct?
18. Which one amongst the following has (c) Both 1 and 2
the largest livestock population in the (d) Neither 1 nor 2
world? [2008]
(a) Brazil (b) China 23. With reference to the mineral resources
(c) India (d) USA of India, consider the following
pairs: [2010]
19. Which two countries follow China Mineral 90% Natural sources in
and India in the decreasing order of 1. Copper Jharkhand
their population? [2008] 2. Nickel Orissa
(a) Brazil and USA 3. Tungsten Kerala
(b) USA and Indonesia Which of the pairs given above is/are
(c) Canada and Malaysia correctly matched?
(d) Russia and Nigeria (a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
20. Which among the following has (c) 1 and 3 only
the world’s largest reserves of (d) 1, 2 and 3
Uranium? [2009]
(a) Australia
24. Though coffee and tea both are
(b) Canada cultivated on hill slopes, there is some
(c) Russian Federation difference between them regarding
(d) USA their cultivation. In this context, consider
the following statements: [2010]
1. Coffee plant requires a hot and humid
21. In which one of the following places is climate of tropical areas whereas tea
the Shompen tribe found? [2009] can be cultivated in both tropical and
(a) Nilgiri Hills subtropical areas.
(b) Nicobar Islands 2. Coffee is propagated by seeds but tea
(c) Spiti Valley is propagated by stem cuttings only.
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25. Due to their extensive rice cultivation, countries of the United Nations.
some regions may be contributing Which of the statements given above is/
to global warming. To what are correct?
possible reason/reasons is this is
attributable? [2010] (a) 1 only
1. The anaerobic conditions associated (b) 2 only
with rice cultivation cause the emission (c) Both 1 and 2
of methane. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. When nitrogen based fertilizers are
used, nitrous oxide is emitted from the
cultivated soil. 29. Which of the following statements is/
are correct? [2016]
Which of the statements given above is/
are correct? Proper design and effective implementation
of UNREDD+ Programme can significantly
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only contribute to
(c) Both 1 & 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 1. protection of biodiversity
2. resilience of forest ecosystems
26. The most important fishing grounds 3. poverty reduction
of the world are found in the
regions where [2013 - I] Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
(a) warm and cold atmospheric currents
meet (a) 1 and 2 only
(b) rivers drain out large amounts of (b) 3 only
freshwater into the sea (c) 2 and 3 only
(c) warm and cold oceanic currents eet (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) continental shelf is undulating189
30. Consider the following statements
27. The substitution of steel for wooden about Particularly Vulnerable Tribal
ploughs in agricultural production Groups (PVTGs) in India: [2019]
is an example of [2015-I] 1. PVTGs reside in 18 States and one Union
(a) labour-augmenting technological Territory.
progress 2. A stagnant or declining population
(b) capital-augmenting technological is one of the criteria for determining
progress PVTG status.
(c) capital-reducing technological progress 3. There are 95 PVTGs officially notified in
the country so far.
(d) None of the above
4. Irular and Konda Reddi tribes are
included in the list of PVTGs.
28. Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are
[2016] correct?
1. The International Solar Alliance was (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4
launched at the United Nations Climate (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4
Change Conference in 2015.
31. Consider the following pairs: [2019]
2. The Alliance includes all the member
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32. Among the following which one is the (a) 1 and 2 only
largest exporter of rice in the world in (b) 3 only
the last five years? [2019] (c) 3 and 4 only
(a) China (d) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) India
(c) Myanmar
(d) Vietnam ANSWER KEY
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8.
33. "The crop is subtropical in nature. A (a) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (d)
hard frost is injurious to it. It requires at 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21.
least 210 frost -free days and 50 to 100 (b) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27.
centimeters of rainfall for its growth. (b) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (b) 33.
A light well -drained soil capable of (a) 34. (c)
retaining moisture is ideally suited for
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