How many agroclimatic zones are categorized in India?

✅ Explanation:
India is classified into 15 diverse agro-climatic zones based on factors such as rainfall, temperature, soil type, and topography. This classification helps in understanding the agricultural potential of different regions and planning suitable cropping patterns and farming practices.
Agro-Climatic Zones in India
-In 1988 the Planning Commission came up with a growth strategy based on a holistic approach of area planning for long-term resource efficiency and sustainability. 
-During the late nineteen eighties, a consensus seemed to have been achieved on the primacy of topography for a regional division of India.
-Based on this notion the Planning Commission proposed 15 agro-climatic zones, these have still existed wide variation in a geographical area, population density, soil types, and crops are grown.
-To increase the degree of homogeneity in agro-climatic factors, these 15 zones were further sub-divided into 73 subzones based on more specific soil types, topography, climate, and cropping pattern characteristics.
-A planning team was set up for each zone and each zone was sub-regionalized on the basis of factors intrinsically related to the character of the agricultural economy. 
Additional Information
-According to the Planning Commission of India, the 15 agro-climatic zones are:- Zone 1- Western Himalayan Region: Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh   Zone 2 – Eastern Himalayan Region: Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal, and all North-Eastern states   Zone 3 – Lower Gangetic Plains Region: West Bengal   Zone 4 – Middle Gangetic Plains Region: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar   Zone 5 – Upper Gangetic Plains Region: Uttar Pradesh  Orissa and West Bengal   Zone 6 – Trans-Gangetic Plains Region: Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Rajasthan   Zone 7 – Eastern Plateau and Hills Region: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh Zone 8 – Central Plateau and Hills Region: MP, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh   Zone 9 – Western Plateau and Hills Region: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan   
-Zone 10 – Southern Plateau and Hills Region: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   
-Zone 11 – East Coast Plains and Hills Region: Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Pondicherry   Zone 12 – West Coast Plains and Ghat Region: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra   Zone 13 – Gujarat Plains and Hills Region: Gujarat   Zone 14 – Western Dry Region: Rajasthan  Zone 15 – The Islands Region: Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep