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    Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the 7th issue of the “EnviStats India 2024: Environment Accounts”

    Posted 03 Oct 2024

    2 min read

    EnviStats (Environment Statistics) have been compiled in accordance with the SEEA (System of Environmental- Economic Accounting) Framework. 

    • EnviStats provide information about environment, its most important changes over time and across locations and main factors that influence them.
    • Publication includes Four areas- Energy Accounts, Ocean Accounts, Soil Nutrient Index and Biodiversity.

    Key Highlights of EnviStats India 2024

    • India emerged as world leader in energy transition
    • Around 72% increase in number and around 16% increase in area for Total Protected Area during 2000 to 2023.
    • Coverage of Mangroves has increased around 8% during 2013 to 2021. 

    Significance of EnviStats

    An infographic describing features of SEEA-CF and SEEA-EA
    • Sustainable management of natural resources, key to long-term development. 
    • Balance economic growth with environmental sustainability. 
    • Provide alternate means of measuring prosperity and progress and go beyond GDP. 
    • Data-driven policymaking.

    About System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)

    • It is an agreed international framework for the compilation of the Environment Economic accounts.
    • It describes the interaction between the economy and the environment, as well as the stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets.
    • There are two sides of SEEA- SEEA-Central Framework (SEEA-CF) and SEEA-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) (refer infographic).

    Environment Accounts in India

    • National Statistical Office under MoSPI is mandated with the “Development of Environment Statistics and methodology of National Resource Accounts for India”.
      • MoSPI released the ‘Strategy for Environmental Economic Accounts in India: 2022-26’.
    • India also participated in ‘Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem services (NCAVES)’.
      • NCAVES was launched by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), UNEP and Secretariat of CBD in 2017.
    • First EnviStats were released in 2018 on recommendations of Sir Partha Dasgupta Committee
    • Tags :
    • Environment Accounting
    • SEEA
    • System of Environmental- Economic Accounting
    • NCAVES
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