Answer:
Land
resources in India are primarily divided into agricultural land, forest land,
land meant for pasture and grazing, land for other non-agricultural use(such as
housing, roads and industry) and waste land (rocky, arid and desert areas). In
2002-03, 54% of the total land area was cultivable or fallow, 22.5% was covered
by forests and 3.5% was used for grazing. The rest was waste land, with traces
of miscellaneous cultivation.
Improper
use of forest land has degraded the available land area and made conservation
of forests difficult. Human activities such as deforestation, mining and
quarrying have contributed to the slow growth rate of forests. Thus, land under
forest has increased by only about 4% since 1960-61. (5)
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