NAME OF THE SCHOOL

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CLASS: X

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NAME OF THE UNIT: “CLIMATE OF INDIA”

PROJECT NAME: “PREPARE A REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF THE

CHANGES IN INDIAN CLIMATE ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR”

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

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GUIDE TEACHER NAME: ABHINAND PRAKASH

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 INTRODUCTION:
The state of atmospheric conditions over an area at a particular time refers to
weather.
Climate refers to the weather conditions over a large area and follows a similar
general pattern over many years. More than 70% of people in India depends
upon agriculture. This agriculture mostly depends on the climate conditions. The
climate elements of nature like winds, humidity, rainfall, temperature, always
change.
This project has been selected to know the effects of changes in climate on
agriculture.
AIM/OBJECTIVE:
 To know about the effect of climate on agriculture, the backbone of India.
 To understand, how the changes in climate affect the economic system in India.
 To discuss what changes should be brought in agriculture relating to the changes
in climate.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION:
We formulated a questionnaire relating to the weather and climate conditions in
our area by taking the help of the officers of the Weather Research Centre which
is near to us.
1. Define weather and climate. What are the difference between them?
2. What are the elements affecting weather?
3. Into how many seasons area can be divided based on climate?
4. What is a Climograph?
5. Is there any relationship between agriculture and climatic changes?
6. What is the main change in climate very recently?
Along with the above information we also collected climatic information from
the farmers of our village and recorded as follows
THE MAIN THINGS ABOUT CLIMATE:
Climate:
Climate refers to weather conditions over a large area and follows a similar
general pattern over 30 years.
Climograph:
Climographs show average monthly values of maximum temperature, minimum
temperature and rainfall for a given place through graphs and pictures.
 ELEMENTS OF CLIMATE:
 Temperature
 Rainfall
 Atmospheric pressure
 Winds
INDIAN SEASONS:
Based on temperature and rainfall, area can be divided into three seasons in
India. They are:
1. Winter (October – February)
2. Summer (March – June)
3. Rainy season (June – September)
ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING (AGW):
Raising of the earth's temperature due to the human activities is called the
Anthropogenic Global Warming.
 AFFECT ON AGRICULTURE:
Due to the global warming, droughts, floods, spoiling of crops, scarcity of grains,
suicides of farmers are happening. For eg: Hud - hud cyclone, Ila cyclone in
Kolkata.
ANALYSIS OF INFROMATION:
The above information is collected, analysed and main issues are
formulated like this.
1. The main reason for global warming and climatic changes is the human activities.
2. Agriculture became a gambling because of global warming and decrease in
rainfall.
3. Once upon a time, our elders sowed a seeds by observing the clouds in the sky.
4. Now a days, clouds became a decoration to the sky.
5. Due to untimely rainfall, many crops are being damaged when they are at
harvesting stage.

 Heavy rains also lead to inundation of low - lying areas at several places.
Gandhari Mandal in Nizamabad record highest rainfall of 48.2 mm.
 Incessant rain accompanied by heavy gales lashed several parts of Telangana
causing widespread damage to the standing crops since Saturday night.
 Reports reaching here said turmeric kept for drying in open places, harvested
paddy were inundated due to the rains. Mango orchards were also hit by the
rains.
Toilets, Taps, Showers, Laundry and Dishes.
 1994 was the year that federally mandated low - flow showerheads, faucets and
toilets started to appear on the scene in significant numbers.
 On average, 10 gallons per day of your water footprint (or 14 % of your indoor
use) is lost to leaks.
 Short of installing new water - efficient fixtures, one of the easiest, most effective
ways to cut your footprint is by repairing leaky faucets and toilets.
 If you use a low - flow showerhead, you can save 15 gallons of water during a 10
minute shower.
 Every time you shave minutes off your use of hot water, you also save energy
and keep rupees in your pocket.
 It takes about 70 gallons of water to fill a bath tub, so showers are generally the
more water - efficient way to bath.
 All of those flashes can add up to nearly 20 gallons a day down the toilet. If you
still have a standard toilet, which uses close to 3.5 gallons a flush, you can save
by retro - fitting or filling your tank with something that will displace some of
that water, such as a brick.
 Most front - loading machines are energy - and water – efficient, using just over
20 gallons a load, while most top - loading machines, unless they are energy -
efficient use 40 gallons per load.

CONCLUSION:
If the farmers follow the suggestions given by Agriculture officers and Weather
centre officers and also if they observe the climatic changes carefully and do
agriculture, they can reduce the damage of crops to maximum extent.
“To what extent man has grown still is an infant in the lap of nature”