Archive · 11 Dec 2025
India Faces Severe Environmental Crises
India is facing serious environmental problems like pollution, water scarcity, and extreme heat.
In 2025, India experienced extreme weather events almost every day, causing many deaths and destroying crops and homes.
The NCERT textbooks, which are used in many schools, have removed important chapters about these issues since 2020.
This means students are not learning about the environment and how it affects their lives.
For example, they are not learning about why the air is polluted or why some areas flood more than others.
This is a problem because understanding these issues can help people demand better solutions from the government.
Experts say we need to reduce emissions and prepare better for these extreme weather events.
India faced extreme weather events on 99% of days in 2025, causing 4,064 deaths and affecting 9.47 million hectares of crops.
The northwest region recorded the highest frequency of extreme weather events with 257 event days.
Cyclone Montha caused Rs 53 billion in damages, primarily impacting Andhra Pradesh.
NCERT textbooks have removed key environmental education chapters since 2020, leading to a lack of awareness among students.
Experts urge the need to reduce emissions and prepare for the increasing scale of extreme weather events.
- Who
- India, NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training)
- What
- Environmental crises including extreme weather events and lack of environmental education in textbooks
- When
- Since 2020, 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- Climate change, removal of environmental education chapters from textbooks
- Number of dirtiest cities in India
- 12 out of 20
- Population exposed to PM2.5 particles
- 544 million
- Percentage of land suffering from erosion and overuse
- 33%
- Percentage of surface water unfit for use
- 70%
- Annual deaths from contaminated water
- 400,000
- Increase in e-waste over seven years
- 147%
- Plastic waste in India
- 4.14 million tonnes
- Heatstroke cases in 2024
- 40,000
- Extreme weather event days in 2025
- 99% of days
- Lives lost due to extreme weather in 2025
- 4,064
- Crop area affected in 2025
- 9.47 million hectares
- Houses destroyed in 2025
- 99,533
- Animals killed in 2025
- 58,982
- Cyclone Montha damages
- Rs 53 billion
- Northwest region extreme weather event days
- 257
- East and northeast region extreme weather event days
- 229