India lost 2.5% of GDP in 2014-15 to land degradation; area affected equivalent to Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra put together

The annual economic loss due to land degradation and change in land use in India was valued at Rs 3.17 lakh crore in 2014-15 - 2.5 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014-15.

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