The Union Environment Ministry has released the latest version of “Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India. It has been published by Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad. The A as provides a state-wise area of degraded lands for the time frame 2018-19. It also provides the change analysis for the duration of 15 years, from 2003-05 to 2018-19. It would provide important baseline and temporal data and technical inputs. This Atlas presents state-wise desertification and land degradation status maps depicting land use, the process of degradation, and severity level.