Appendix 3: Descriptions of Environmental Groups (Variables)
and Indicators

AIR POLLUTION (12 indicators)

• Maximum Concentration of NO₂, SO₂and SPM in Residential and Industrial Area
(μg∕m³): 1990-1995 and 1996-2000 *

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION POTENTIAL (18 indicators)

Monthly Per-Capita Expenditure (MPCE) on Fuel & Lighting (Rs.∕month∕head)
Rural and Urban Areas: 1993-94 and 1999-2000 $

• Percentage of Rural Households using Bio-fuels (Firewoods and chips, Dung cake)
as primary source of energy (Traditional & Commercial) for cooking (%): 1993-
1994 and 1999-2000 *

• Percentage of Urban Households using Bio-fuels (Firewoods and chips) as primary
source of energy (Traditional) for cooking (%): 1993-1994 and 1999-2000 *

• Percentage of Rural and Urban Households Do Not Have Access to Electricity:
1991 and 2001 *

•    Achievement in Installation of Biogas Plants: Upto 1994-95 and Upto 2001-2002 $

•    Kerosene as a PrimarySource OfEnergyfor Lighting for Rural and Urban Households

(%): 1993-94 and 1999-2000 *

GREEN HOUSE GASES EMISSIONS (12 indicators)

• CO₂ Equivalent GHGs (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) Emissions (Kg. /Person): 1990 and 1995 *

• CO₂ Equivalent GHGs (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) Emissions (Tons/Rs. Lakh of GSDP at
Constant 1980-81 Prices): 1990 and 1995 *

• CO₂ Equivalent GHGs (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) Emissions (Tons∕hectare of Reporting Area
of Land Utilisation): 1990 and 1995 *

•    Other GHGs (NOx, SO2) Emissions (Kg. /Person): 1990 and 1995 *

•   Other GHGs (NOx, SO2) Emissions (Tons/Rs. Lakh of GSDP at Constant 1980-81

Prices): 1990 and 1995 *

• Other GHGs (NOx, SO2) Emissions (Tons∕hectare of Reporting Area of Land
Utilisation): 1990 and 1995 *

POLLUTION FROM ENERGY GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION (12 indicators)

• Annual Percentage Increase in Motor Vehicles Number (given geographical area)
during 1991-92 to 1995-96 and during 1995-96 to 2000-2001 *

• Average Per Capita Consumption of LPG, MG, Kerosene, HSD 8ι LDO (in Kg. per
person): 1993-94 to 1996-97 and 1997-98 to 2000-2001 *

• Average Petroleum Consumption (in tonnes) Per Rs. Lakh of GSDP (at constant
1993-94 Prices): 1993-94 to 1996-97 and 1997-98 to 2000-2001 *

• Average Thermal Electricity Generation as a Percentage of Total Electricity
Generation (%): 1990-91 to 1995-96 and 1996-97 to 1999-2000 *

• Average ElectricityConsumption (in KwH) per Rs. Lakh of GSDP at Constant (1993-
94) Prices: 1993-94 to 1995-96 and 1996-97 to 1999-2001 *

• Average Per Capita Consumption of Electricity (in KwH∕Person): 1990-91 to 1995-
96 and 1996-97 to 1999-2000 *

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DEPLETION AND DEGRADATION OF FOREST RESOURCES (16 indicators)

• Change in Forest Cover (Dense and Open Forest) as Percentage of Geographical
Area (in percentage points): 1995 to 1997 and 1999-2001 $

• Change in Per Capita Forest Cover (Dense Forest, Open Forest, Mangrove, Scrub)
(in Hectare): 1995 to 1997 and 1999 to 2001 $

• Change in Recorded Forest Area as a Percentage of Total Geographical Area:
1997 to 1999 and 1999 to 2001 $

• Change in Common Property Forest Area@ as Percentage of Total Recorded Forest
Area: 1997 to 1999 and 1999 to 2001 $

• Change in Common Property Forest Area@ as a Percentage OfGeographicaI Area:
1997 to 1999 and 1999 to 2001 $

• Change in Per Capita Availability of Recorded Forest Area (Person∕ha): 1997 to
1999 and 1999 to 2001$

• Change in Per Capita Availability of Common Property Forest Area (in Person∕ha):
1997 to 1999 and 1999 to 2001$

• Change in Protected Area (National Park & Sanctuary) as a Percentage of Total
Geographical Area: 1997 to 1999 and 1999 to 2001 $

Note-. @ - Common Property Forest Area = Protected + Unclassed Forest Area

DEPLETION AND DEGRADATION OF WATER RESOURCES (24 indicators)

• Level of groundwater development (%): 1996 and 2004 *

• Percentage OfIrrigated Area Irrigated by Surface Water Sources (Canals 8ι Tanks):
1992-93 and 1998-99 $

• Inland Surface Water Resources (% of geographical area): 1995 and 2001 $

• Major 8ι Medium Irrigation Potential Created (Developed) upto the end of the 8th
Plan (1992-1997) as a Percentage of Ultimate Irrigation Potential of the State *

• MajorSiMediumIrrigation Potential Utilisedasa PercentageofIrrigation Potential
Created Upto March 1997 *

• Minor Irrigation Potential Created (Developed) upto the end of the 8th Plan (1992-
1997) as a Percentage of Ultimate Irrigation Potential of the State *

• Minor Irrigation Potential Utilised as a Percentage of Irrigation Potential Created
Upto March 1997 *

• Major 8ι Medium Irrigation Potential Created (Developed) upto the end of the 9th
Plan (1997-2002) as a Percentage of Ultimate Irrigation Potential of the State *

• MajorSiMediumIrrigation Potential Utilisedasa PercentageofIrrigation Potential
Created Upto March 2002 *

• Minor Irrigation Potential Created (Developed) upto the end of the 9th Plan (1997-
2002) as a Percentage of Ultimate Irrigation Potential of the State *

• Minor Irrigation Potential Utilised as a Percentage of Irrigation Potential Created
Upto March 2002 *

• Average Gross Irrigated as a Percentage of Total Cropped Area (%): 1992-93 to
1995-96 and 1996-97 to 1999-2000 *

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