30-12-2017, 04:29 PM
The Biosphere Reserves of India
Biosphere Reserve State Year
*Nilgiri -TN, Kerala and Karnataka -1986
*Nokrek -Meghalaya -1988
*Nanda Devi-Uttarkhand -1988
*Manas -Assam -1989
*Great Nicobar-Andaman & Nicobar Islands -1989
*Gulf of Mannar-Tamil Nadu -1989
*Sunderban-West Bengal-1989
*Simlipal -Odisha -1994
*Dibru-Saikhowa -Assam -1997
*Dehang Dibang-Arunachal Pradesh -1998
*Pachmarhi-Madhya Pradesh-1999
*Khangchendzonga-Sikkim-2000
*Agasthyamalai-Kerala, Tamil Nadu- 2001
*Achanakamar - Amarkantak -Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh-2005
*Gyan Bharathi/Rann of Kutch-Gujarat-2008
*Cold desert-Himachal Pradesh-2009
*Seshachalam hills -Andhra Pradesh- 2010
*Panna-Madhya Pradesh-2011
MAB
Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), launched by UNESCO in 1971 is an intergovernmental Scientific Programme that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments. .
Biosphere reserves which are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves
Name Year
*Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve 2000
*Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve -2001
*Sundarban Biosphere Reserve -2001
*Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve -2004
*Nokrek Biosphere Reserve -2009
*Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve -2009
*Simlipal Biosphere Reserve -2009
*Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve-2012
*Great Nicobar Biosphere. Reserve-2013
*Agsthyamala Biosphere Reserve-2016
MINERALS
*The state known as the mineral state of India
Ans : Jharkhand
*The richest mineral belt of India
Ans : Chotanagpur Plateau
*India has the second largest reserves of manganese in the world and is the fifth largest producer
*The largest producer of Gold in India
Ans : Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
*The major gold mines in India
Ans : Kolar gold mine (Karnataka), Hutti gold mine (Karnataka), Ramgiri gold mine (Andhra Pradesh)
*The diamond mine in India
Ans : Panna (Madhya Pradesh)
*The largest producer of silver in India
Ans : Zawar mines of Udaipur (Rajasthan)
*The largest Lignite producing state in India
Ans : Tamilnadu
*The largest coal field in India
Ans : Jharia (Jharkhand)
*The oldest coal mine in India
Ans : Raniganj (West Bengal)
*The largest producer and exporter of mica in the world
Ans : India
*The largest copper mine in India
Ans : Khetri (Rajastan)
*The largest iron ore mine in India
Ans : Bailadila (Chattisgarh)
Nicknames
*Mineral State-Jharkhand
*Steel capital of India - Jamshedpur
*Pittsburg of the East - Jamshedpur
*Ruhr of India-Damodar Valley
Minerals and Largest Producing States
*Iron ore -Odisha
*Manganese-Odisha
*Cromite -Odisha
*Bauxite -Odisha
*Nickel -Odisha
*Copper -Madhyapradesh
*Diamond -Madhya Pradesh
*Gold -Karnataka
*Silver -Rajasthan
*Zinc -Rajasthan
*Galena -Rajasthan
*Gypsum -Rajasthan
*Dolamite -Chhattisgarh
*Magnasite-Tamilnadu
*Uranium -Jharkhand
*Coal -Jharkhand
*Kayanite -Jharkhand
*Monosite -Kerala
*Sirconium-Kerala
*IImenite -Andhra Pradesh
