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The Economic Survey 2023-24 notes that Generative AI (GenAI), is poised to disrupt sectors like Business process outsourcing (BPO), potentially reducing employment opportunities over the next decade. https://t.me/upscdatafactory

After a decline of 66 million agricultural workers between 2004-05 and 2017-18, India has witnessed a significant increase of 68 million agricultural workers between 2017-18 and 2023-24, signaling a reversal of this trend.

One million trees worldwide are cut down each year to make toilet paper.

In 2024, average minimum temperatures in India were above normal throughout 11 months.

India is currently installing 29,200 MW of thermal capacity and planning an additional 51,520 MW. The goal is to reach a power generation capacity of 777.14 GW by 2029-30.

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Around 75 per cent of the population will be affected by drought by 2050, according to the World Drought Atlas launched by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the European Commission Joint Research Centre on December 2, 2024. https://t.me/upscdatafactory

Land degradation has reduced the capacity of land ecosystems such as trees and soil to absorb human-caused carbon dioxide by 20% in the last decade. Previously, these ecosystems could absorb nearly one-third of this kind of pollution.