Event | Release of 8th edition of EnviStats India 2025: Environment Statistics |
Date | June 5, 2025 (World Environment Day) |
Venue | National workshop in New Delhi |
Publisher | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) |
Alignment | UN's Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES) 2013 |
Key Focus Areas | Climate change, biodiversity, energy, fisheries, sustainability metrics |
Energy Trends | - Thermal power: 7.92 lakh GWh (2013-14) → 13.26 lakh GWh (2023-24) |
| - Renewable energy: 65,520 GWh → 2,25,835 GWh |
Climate Trends | - Mean temp: 25.05°C (2001) → 25.74°C (2024) |
| - Min temp: 19.32°C → 20.24°C, Max temp: 30.78°C → 31.25°C |
| - Rainfall: No long-term trend, year-to-year variability due to monsoon fluctuations |
Fisheries Production | - Inland fish: 61.36 lakh tonnes (2013-14) → 139.07 lakh tonnes (2023-24) |
| - Marine fish: 34.43 lakh tonnes → 44.95 lakh tonnes |
Biodiversity Statistics | - Faunal species: 1,04,561 out of 16,73,627 global species |
| - Includes marine (20,613), freshwater (9,436), and soil species (22,404) |
Structural Reforms | - Expert group formed to expand scope and refine presentation |
| - New data: Access to electricity, transport, sanitation, Ramsar sites |
Environmental Expenditure | - Highest in Environment Sustainability Sector: Rs. 2,433.24 crore (2021-22) |
| - Lowest in Agro-forestry, growth in Conservation of Natural Resources |
Background | - EnviStats launched in 2018, published annually by NSO under MoSPI |
| - Data sourced from multiple central ministries and agencies |