Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change in India

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Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change in
India
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Agriculture

• Nearly ¼ of total GDP
• 60 of labor force
• 62 of cropped area rely on the weather

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Forestry

• 1.7 GDP
• 55 million people rely on non-timber products
• Productivity of forest

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Social Impacts

• Rise in natural and managed food production
• Ecosystem diversity
• Population displacement
• Physical hazards- fires, floods, monsoons,
  desertification, land loss due to
  erosion/inundation
• Seasonal health risks
• Vector borne
• Food borne
• Infant/ elderly deaths

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• Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at
  Agricultural Summit 2005
• Agriculture is the life blood of our country.
  The livelihood and economic well being of the
  majority of our population depends on how
  agriculture fares. The key to their prosperity
  and the prosperity of the entire nation - depends
  critically on transforming and rejuvenating
  Indian agriculture.