Q. Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India is published by which of the following department/organisation?

[A] NITI Aayog

[B] Space Application Centre, ISRO

[C] Down To Earth

[D] National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

Answer: B
Notes:

Published by: The Atlas has been published by Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad.

Prepared using: The Atlas was prepared using IRS Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) data of 2011-13 and 2003-05 time frames in the Geographical Information System (GIS) environment.

The Atlas provides a state-wise area of degraded lands for the time frame 2018-19.

It also provides the change analysis for the duration of 15 years from 2003-05 to 2018-19.

Source: The Hindu

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