The real test is not the % of vegetarians vs non vegetarians. It is the percapita meat consumption. India's at 4.5 kg is amongst the lowest. bbc.com/news/health-47…. It has come down as compared to 1961. It is over 100kg in US.
https://twitter.com/dravirmani/status/1457327411922563081
In India vegetarian vs non vegetarian distinction is based on whether some one eats only vegetarian food or one eats some non veg also. Non veg is not the staple food. It is a side dish. Even non vegetarians don't eat non veg all days. Some days they also remain vegetarian
On religious occasions, sacred days even non vegetarians don't eat non veg. So non vegetarians in India is not like non vegetarians in the west.
UNDP says "With only 2.4 percent of the earth’s land area, India accounts for 7-8 percent of the world’s recorded species. Home to 96,000 species of animals, 47,000 species of plants and nearly half the world’s aquatic plants" Only because vegetarians & irregular non vegetarians
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