EnviStats India 2025:
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, released the 8th issue of the publication titled “EnviStats India 2025: Environment Statistics”
- EnviStats India is published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) since 2018 in alignment with the Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES) 2013.
- The data presented in the publication are compiled based on the data, sourced from various Ministries, Departments, and Organizations of the Government of India.
- Following the structure of FDES 2013 the data presented in “EnviStats India 2025 are organized into six components, each corresponding to the components of FDES 2013.
- Highlights of EnviStats India 2025:
- The annual mean temperature increased from 25.05°C in 2001 to 25.74°C in 2024. Similarly, the annual minimum and maximum temperature rose from 19.32°C to 20.24°C and 30.78°C to 31.25°C respectively, during the same period.
- The annual rainfall data from 2001 to 2024 highlights significant year-to-year variability influenced by monsoon patterns. Despite this variability, the data does not indicate any clear long-term upward or downward trend in total annual rainfall.
- Thermal power generation has increased from 7,92,053 GWh to 13,26,549 GWh and Electricity generation from renewable energy sources has increased from 65520 GWh to 2,25,835 GWh during 2013-14 to 2023-24.
- Inland fish production has increased from 61.36 lakh tonnes to 139.07 lakh tonnes during 2013-14 to 2023–24.