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MoSPI’s first dedicated forest accounts

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: MoSPI's first dedicated forest accounts (GS3 · Environment, 25 September 2025)

What happened

  • MoSPI released “Environmental Accounting on Forest – 2025”, the 8th environment accounts issue and the first dedicated to forests, under the UN SEEA framework [PIB].
  • It has physical asset, extent, condition and service accounts, including valuation of timber, carbon retention and cultural services [PIB].

Background

  • MoSPI adopted SEEA in 2018 [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Valuing forest services lets planners count losses that GDP misses.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Environment

  1. As per PIB (2025-09-25): moSPI released "Environmental Accounting on Forest - 2025", the 8th environment accounts issue and the first dedicated to forests, under the UN SEEA framework.
  2. Valuing forest services lets planners count losses that GDP misses.
Quotable data point

MoSPI released "Environmental Accounting on Forest - 2025", the 8th environment accounts issue and the first dedicated to forests, under the UN SEEA framework.

PIB: Environmental Accounting on Forest 2025, 25 Sep 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: SEEA.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Framework used for India's environment accounts

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerEconomic Survey of India: Meaning, History, Who Prepares It, How It Differs from the Budget, Big Ideas from Past Surveys and How to Use It for UPSC (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Environmental Accounting on Forest 2025, 25 Sep 2025

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