Question

The wasteland in India covers ______.

Options

• 7.5%

• 10.5%

• 15.9%

• 25.15%

Answer 1

The wasteland in India covers 25.15%.

Explanation:

The total land area of India is around 329 million hectares. The government labels 90 million hectares of this as "wasteland," or non-productive land, despite the fact that nearly 40% of our 1.3 billion population relies on this land for survival.