Natural Resources Of

IndiaByAyush Garg

What Are Resources?

Anything that can be used to satisfy a need is a resource.

A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced.

For example: land, minerals, air etc.

Value Of A Resource

The purely economic value of a resource is controlled by supply and demand.

This is, however, a narrow perspective on resources.

There are many things that cannot be measured in money.

Natural resources like forests, mountains etc. are considered beautiful so they have aesthetic value.

Resources also have an ethical value as well, because it is widely recognized that it is our moral duty to protect and conserve them for the future generations.

Characteristics of resources

Resources have three main characteristics:

Utility

Quantity(often in terms of availability)

Consumption

And Potential for Depletion and Consumption

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BIOTIC

NON-RENEWABLE

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Biotic Resources

Biotic resources are those obtained from the biosphere.

Examples-Forests and their products, animals, birds and their products, fish.

Other marine organisms.

Minerals such as coal and petroleum are sometimes included in this category.

Abiotic Resources Abiotic resources comprise non-living things.

For examples include land, water, air and minerals such as gold, iron, copper, silver etc.

Renewable Resources Renewable resources are those that can be replenished or

reproduced easily.

Sunlight, air, wind, etc., are continuously available and their quantity is not affected by human consumption.

Many renewable resources can be depleted by human use, but may also be replenished, thus maintaining a flow.

Like agricultural crops, take a short time for renewal

Others, like water, take a comparatively longer time.

while still others, like forests, take even longer.

On the basis of the stage of development, natural resources may be called: Potential Resources

Potential resources are those that exist in a region and may be used in the future.

For example, mineral oil may exist in many parts of India having sedimentary rocks

But until the time it is actually drilled out and put into use, it remains a potential resource.

Non-Renewable Resources Non-renewable resources are formed over very long geological

periods.

Minerals and fossils are included in this category.

Since their rate of formation is extremely slow, they cannot be replenished once they are depleted.

Out of these, the metallic minerals can be re-used by recycling them, but coal and petroleum cannot be recycled.

On the basis of distribution, natural resources can be classified into:

Ubiquitous resources- the resources that can be found everywhere.

For example- air, light, water etc.

Localized-are those that can be found only in certain parts of the world.

For example-copper and iron ore, thermal power plant etc.

PERCENTAGE WATER RESOURCES IN WORLD

Human beings are also considered to be resources.

The term Human Resources can also be defined as the skills, energies, talents, abilities and knowledge.

That are used for the production of goods or the rendering of services.

Human Resource

Human-Made Resource Sometimes, natural substances become resources only when

their original form has been changed.

Iron ore was not a resource until people learnt to extract iron from it.

People use natural resources to make buildings, bridges,

roads, machinery and vehicles.

IRON ORE

Which are known as HUMAN-MADE RESOURCES. Technology is also a human made resource.

Resources In India India's inland water resources comprising

rivers, canals, ponds and lakes and marine resources

comprising the east and west coasts of the Indian ocean and other gulfs and bays

provide employment to nearly 6 million people in the fisheries sector.

India is rich in certain energy resources which promise significant future potential - clean / renewable energy resources like solar, wind, bio-fuels

Mineral Resources In India India's major mineral resources include Coal (fourth-largest

reserves in the world)

Iron ore, Manganese, Mica, Bauxite, Titanium ore, Cromite

Natural gas, Diamonds, Petroleum, Limestone and Thorium (world's largest along Kerala's shores).

India's oil reserves, found in Bombay High off the coast of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and in eastern Assam meet 25% of the country's demand.

Manganese Ore

Mica Ore

Titanium OreLimestone

Thorium

Bauxite Ore

Oil And Natural Gas India of proven oil reserves as of January 2007, which is the

second-largest amount in the Asia-Pacific region behind China.

Most of India's crude oil reserves are located in the western coast (Mumbai High).

India had 38 trillion cubic feet of confirmed natural gas reserves as of January 2007.

2007.A huge mass of India’s natural gas production comes from the western offshore regions, particularly the Mumbai High complex.

The onshore fields in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat states are also major producers of natural gas.

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