The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has come up with a Compendium of Environment Statistics 2012, the thirteenth edition of the series, which started in 1997. The compendium aims at providing high quality statistical information to improve knowledge of the environment, to support evidence-based policy and decision making, and to provide information for the general public, as well as for specific user groups. The statistics are multidisciplinary and cross-cutting, involving numerous sources and stakeholders.

The FDES sets out the scope of environment statistics by relating the components of the environment to information categories that are based on the recognition that environmental problems are the result of human activities and natural events reflecting a sequence of action, impact, and reaction.

Through this annual publication, MoSPI is trying to bring out the environment related information to the extent to which the data exhibits the pattern of changes and their magnitudes in the Indian context.

It will be of use to-policy and decision makers at all levels; general public, including media and civil society; analysts and researchers; academia; and international agencies.

The compendium can be viewed at the MoSPI website here.