An analysis of physical and monetary losses of environmental health and natural resources in India, Vol. 1 of 1

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An analysis of physical and monetary losses of environmental health and natural resources in India

Author:	Mani, Muthukumara; Markandya, Anil; Sagar, Aarsi; Strukova, Elena;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6219
Country:	India;	Date Stored:	2012/10/09
Document Date:	2012/10/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	South Asia
Report Number:	WPS6219	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Brown Issues and Health; Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases; Health Monitoring & Evaluation; Population Policies
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: This study provides estimates of social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: (i) urban air pollution; (ii) inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; and (iii) indoor air pollution. It also provides estimates based on three natural resource damage categories: (i) agricultural damage from soil salinity, water logging, and soil erosion; (ii) rangeland degradation; and (iii) deforestation. The estimates are based on a combination of Indian data from secondary sources and on the transfer of unit costs of pollution from a range of national and international studies. The study estimates the total cost of environmental degradation in India at about 3.75 trillion rupees (US$80 billion) annually, equivalent to 5.7 percent of gross domestic product in 2009, which is the reference year for most of the damage estimates. Of this total, outdoor air pollution accounts for 1.1 trillion rupees, followed by the cost of indoor air pollution at 0.9 trillion rupees, croplands degradation cost at 0.7 trillion rupees, inadequate water supply and sanitation cost at around at 0.5 trillion rupees, pasture degradation cost at 0.4 trillion rupees, and forest degradation cost at 0.1 trillion rupees.


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