According to the figures shared by the minister, in the year 2018-19, out of the 97.84 million hectares of desertified land, approximately 45 million hectares of land was found degraded in just three states. The state with the maximum land desertification was Rajasthan with 21.23 million hectares of desertified land, followed by Maharashtra and Gujarat with 14.3 million hectares and 1.02 million hectares of degraded land respectively.