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Date : Oct 08, 2008
Table 20 : Area Under Cultivation – Major Commercial Crops

(Million hectares)

Year

Oilseeds

Sugarcane

Tea

Coffee

Cotton
(Lint)

Jute and
Mesta

Tobacco

Ground-
nut

Rapeseed
and Mustard

Soyabean

Total #

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1950-51

 

4.49

2.07

.

10.73

1.71

.

.

5.88

0.57

0.36

1951-52

 

4.92

2.40

.

11.69

1.94

.

.

6.56

0.79

0.29

1952-53

 

4.80

2.11

.

11.18

1.73

.

.

6.36

0.93

0.36

1953-54

 

4.25

2.24

.

10.99

1.41

.

.

6.99

0.68

0.37

1954-55

 

5.54

2.44

.

12.52

1.62

.

.

7.55

0.68

0.35

1955-56

 

5.13

2.56

.

12.09

1.85

.

.

8.09

0.94

0.41

1956-57

 

5.53

2.54

.

12.49

2.05

.

.

8.02

1.07

0.42

1957-58

 

6.42

2.41

.

12.66

2.07

.

.

8.01

1.02

0.36

1958-59

 

6.25

2.45

.

13.00

1.95

.

.

7.96

1.10

0.38

1959-60

 

6.44

2.91

.

13.95

2.14

.

.

7.30

0.98

0.41

1960-61

 

6.46

2.88

.

13.77

2.42

.

.

7.61

0.90

0.40

1961-62

 

6.89

3.17

.

14.77

2.46

.

.

7.98

1.34

0.42

1962-63

 

7.28

3.13

.

15.34

2.24

.

.

7.73

1.24

0.41

1963-64

 

6.89

3.05

.

14.82

2.25

.

.

8.22

1.27

0.44

1964-65

 

7.38

2.91

.

15.26

2.60

.

.

8.37

1.21

0.41

1965-66

 

7.70

2.91

.

15.25

2.84

.

.

7.96

1.11

0.38

1966-67

 

7.30

3.01

.

15.00

2.30

.

.

7.84

1.12

0.42

1967-68

 

7.55

3.24

.

15.67

2.05

.

.

8.00

1.20

0.42

1968-69

 

7.09

2.87

.

14.47

2.53

.

.

7.60

0.81

0.44

1969-70

 

7.13

3.17

.

14.81

2.75

.

.

7.73

1.09

0.44

1970-71

 

7.33

3.32

0.03

16.64

2.62

0.35

0.14

7.61

1.08

0.45

1971-72

 

7.51

3.61

0.03

17.27

2.39

0.36

0.14

7.80

1.11

0.46

1972-73

 

6.99

3.32

0.03

15.79

2.45

0.36

0.15

7.68

0.99

0.45

1973-74

 

7.02

3.46

0.05

16.90

2.75

0.36

0.16

7.57

1.16

0.46

1974-75

 

7.06

3.68

0.07

17.31

2.89

0.36

0.16

7.56

0.98

0.38

1975-76

 

7.22

3.34

0.09

16.92

2.76

0.36

0.17

7.35

0.91

0.37

1976-77

 

7.04

3.13

0.13

16.47

2.87

0.36

0.14

6.89

1.09

0.43

1977-78

 

7.03

3.58

0.20

17.17

3.15

0.37

0.15

7.87

1.16

0.50

1978-79

 

7.43

3.54

0.31

17.71

3.09

0.37

0.16

8.12

1.27

0.41

1979-80

 

7.17

3.47

0.50

16.94

2.61

0.37

0.17

8.13

1.22

0.43

1980-81

 

6.80

4.11

0.61

17.60

2.67

0.38

0.19

7.82

1.30

0.45

1981-82

 

7.43

4.40

0.48

18.91

3.19

0.38

0.19

8.06

1.15

0.44

1982-83

 

7.22

3.83

0.77

17.76

3.36

0.39

0.21

7.87

1.02

0.50

1983-84

 

7.54

3.87

0.84

18.69

3.11

0.40

0.21

7.72

1.05

0.44

1984-85

 

7.17

3.99

1.24

18.92

2.95

0.40

0.21

7.38

1.13

0.44

1985-86

 

7.12

3.98

1.34

19.02

2.85

0.40

0.21

7.53

1.50

0.40

1986-87

 

6.98

3.72

1.53

18.63

3.08

0.41

0.22

6.95

1.07

0.39

1987-88

 

6.84

4.62

1.54

20.13

3.28

0.41

0.22

6.46

0.96

0.32

1988-89

 

8.53

4.83

1.73

21.90

3.33

0.41

0.22

7.34

0.92

0.38

1989-90

 

8.71

4.97

2.25

22.80

3.44

0.41

0.22

7.69

0.91

0.41

1990-91

 

8.31

5.78

2.56

24.15

3.69

0.42

0.22

7.44

1.02

0.41

1991-92

 

8.67

6.55

3.18

25.89

3.84

0.42

0.22

7.66

1.11

0.43

1992-93

 

8.17

6.19

3.79

25.24

3.57

0.42

0.22

7.54

0.93

0.42

1993-94

 

8.32

6.29

4.37

26.90

3.42

0.42

0.23

7.32

0.89

0.38

1994-95

 

7.85

6.01

4.32

25.30

3.87

0.43

0.23

7.87

0.93

0.38

1995-96

 

7.52

6.55

5.04

25.96

4.15

0.43

0.24

9.04

0.93

0.39

1996-97

 

7.60

6.55

5.45

26.34

4.17

0.43

0.25

9.12

1.10

0.43

1997-98

 

7.09

7.04

5.99

26.12

3.93

0.43

0.29

8.87

1.11

0.46

1998-99

 

7.40

6.51

6.49

26.23

4.05

0.47

0.30

9.34

1.03

0.51

1999-00

 

6.87

6.03

6.22

24.28

4.22

0.49

0.31

8.71

1.04

0.43

2000-01

 

6.56

4.48

6.42

22.77

4.32

0.50

0.31

8.53

1.02

0.26

2001-02

 

6.24

5.07

6.34

22.64

4.41

0.51

0.32

9.13

1.05

0.35

2002-03

 

5.94

4.54

6.11

21.49

4.52

0.52

0.33

7.67

1.04

0.33

2003-04

 

5.99

5.43

6.56

23.66

3.93

0.52

0.33

7.60

1.00

0.37

2004-05

 

6.64

7.32

7.57

27.52

3.66

0.52

0.33

8.79

0.92

0.37

2005-06

 

6.74

7.28

7.71

27.86

4.20

0.56

0.34

8.68

0.90

0.37

2006-07 AE

5.64

6.60

8.33

26.05

4.86

0.57

0.34

9.14

0.94

0.37

2007-08

 

.

.

.

.

.

0.57

0.34

.

.

.

AE : Advance Estimates.
# : For nine oilseeds out of eleven in all.
Note :
1. Data from 1950-51 to 1969-70 relate to total of five major oilseeds, viz.
, groundnut, castorseed, sesamum, rapeseed and mustard, and linseed.
2. Data from 1950-51 and 1951-52 relate to Jute crop only. Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.