1. Resource development and Planning
1.1. development of resources
1.1.1. effects of indiscriminate use
1.1.1.1. depletion
1.1.1.2. accumalation in few hands
1.1.1.3. global ecological criseses
1.2. Resouce planning in India
1.2.1. mapping and surveying and inventory of resources
1.2.2. making of planning structure
1.2.3. matching plan with overall development plans
1.3. Conservation of Resources
1.3.1. Reasons for depletion
1.3.1.1. irrational consumption
1.3.1.2. over-utilisation
1.3.2. effects of depletion
1.3.2.1. Socio-economic problems
1.3.2.2. Environmental problems
1.3.3. "There is room for everybody greed but not enough for anybodys greed"
1.4. Land Resources
1.4.1. mountains(30%), plateaus(27%), plains(43%)
2. Land Utilisation
2.1. Forests
2.1.1. 23.3%
2.2. Land not available for cultivation
2.2.1. barren land
2.2.2. wasteland
2.2.3. land for non-agricultural uses, eg: buildings, roads, etc
2.3. Other uncultivable land
2.3.1. permanant pastures
2.3.2. under micsellaneous tree crops groves
2.3.3. culturable waste land
2.4. Fallow lands
2.4.1. Current fallow
2.4.2. Other than current fallow
2.5. Land use pattern in India
2.5.1. Depnds on climate, topography, soil, population, technology, skill, population density, tradition, capability, etc.
3. Classification of Soils
3.1. Alluvial
3.2. black
3.3. red and yellow
3.4. laterirte
3.5. arid
3.6. forest
4. Soil Erosion
4.1. Removal of topsoil
4.1.1. intense farming
4.1.2. intense grazing
4.1.3. costruction activities
4.1.4. other human activities
4.1.5. defforestation
4.2. Land degradation
4.2.1. 130 mil hectares of land degraded
4.2.1.1. 28% forest
4.2.1.2. 56% water
4.2.1.3. rest-alkaline and saline deposits