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Fig. 3.1
Methane emission in India in 1995. (Source: Garg et al.
2001
)
(Orissa), Raipur and Bilaspur (Chattisgarh) were the major methane emitting dis-
tricts in India.
Garg et al. (
2001
) have calculated that the total CH
4
emissions in India increased
from 17 Tg in 1990 to 18 Tg in 1995. Garg et al. (
2001
) have analyzed GHG emissions
from large point sources (LPS) all over India and showed that in terms of CO
2
equiva-
lent emissions, power plants, steel factories and transport sector together contributed
about 47.9 % and agricultural sector, including livestock and synthetic fertilizer sourc-
es, contributed about 23.5 % of the total GHG emissions. Garg et al. (
2001
) have also
shown that agriculture-related activities are responsible for about 90 % of Nitrous ox-
ide emissions. The major sources were use of nitrogen fertilizers in agricultural fields
(60 % of total NO emissions), biomass burning (10 % of total NO emissions), indirect
soil emissions (10 % of total NO emissions) and livestock-related emissions.
