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Date : Sep 15, 2009

Table 24 : Pattern of Land Use and Select Inputs for Agricultural Production

(Area in million hectares)
Year	Net sown area	Gross sown area	Net irrigated area	Gross irrigated area	Area under high yielding varieties	Consumption of fertilisers (N+P+K) (lakh tonnes)	Consumption of pesticides (Technical grade material) (‘000 tonnes)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1950-51	118.75	131.89	20.85	22.56	.	0.69	2.35
1951-52	119.40	133.23	21.05	23.18	.	0.66	.
1952-53	123.44	137.68	21.12	23.31	.	0.66	.
1953-54	126.81	142.48	21.87	24.36	.	1.05	.
1954-55	127.85	144.09	22.09	24.95	.	1.21	.
1955-56	129.16	147.31	22.76	25.64	.	1.31	.
1956-57	130.85	149.49	22.53	25.71	.	1.54	.
1957-58	129.08	145.83	23.16	26.63	.	1.84	.
1958-59	131.83	151.63	23.40	26.95	.	2.24	.
1959-60	132.94	152.82	24.04	27.45	.	3.05	.
1960-61	133.20	152.77	24.66	27.98	.	2.92	8.62
1961-62	135.40	156.21	24.88	28.46	.	3.38	.
1962-63	136.34	156.76	25.67	29.45	.	4.52	.
1963-64	136.48	156.96	25.89	29.71	.	5.43	.
1964-65	138.12	159.23	26.60	30.71	.	7.73	.
1965-66	136.20	155.28	26.34	30.90	.	7.85	.
1966-67	137.23	157.36	26.91	32.68	.	11.01	.
1967-68	139.88	163.74	27.19	33.21	.	15.39	.
1968-69	137.31	159.53	29.01	35.48	.	17.61	.
1969-70	138.77	162.27	30.20	36.97	.	19.82	.
1970-71	140.27	165.79	31.10	38.20	15.38	21.77	24.32
1971-72	139.72	165.19	31.55	38.43	18.17	26.57	29.54
1972-73	137.14	162.15	31.83	39.06	22.32	27.68	35.16
1973-74	142.42	169.87	32.55	40.28	26.04	28.39	50.43
1974-75	137.79	164.19	33.71	41.74	27.33	25.73	.
1975-76	141.65	171.30	34.59	43.36	31.89	28.94	.
1976-77	139.48	167.33	35.15	43.55	33.56	34.11	.
1977-78	141.95	172.23	36.55	46.08	38.93	42.86	.
1978-79	142.98	174.80	38.06	48.31	40.13	51.17	.
1979-80	138.90	169.59	38.52	49.21	38.38	52.55	.
1980-81	140.00	172.63	38.72	49.78	43.08	55.16	45.00
1981-82	141.93	176.75	40.50	51.41	46.49	60.64	47.00
1982-83	140.22	172.75	40.69	51.83	47.49	63.88	50.00
1983-84	142.84	179.56	41.95	53.82	53.74	77.10	55.00
1984-85	140.89	176.33	42.15	54.53	54.14	82.11	56.00
1985-86	140.90	178.46	41.87	54.28	55.42	84.74	52.00
1986-87	139.58	176.41	42.57	55.76	56.17	86.45	50.00
1987-88	134.09	170.74	42.89	56.04	54.10	87.84	66.90
1988-89	141.89	182.28	46.15	61.13	60.11	110.40	75.89
1989-90	142.34	182.27	46.70	61.85	61.17	115.68	72.00
1990-91	143.00	185.74	48.02	63.20	64.98	125.46	75.00
1991-92	141.63	182.24	49.87	65.68	64.71	127.28	72.13
1992-93	142.72	185.70	50.29	66.76	65.40	121.55	70.79
1993-94	142.34	186.58	51.34	68.26	66.99	123.66	63.65
1994-95	142.96	188.05	53.00	70.65	70.93	135.64	61.36
1995-96	142.20	187.47	53.40	71.35	72.11	138.76	61.26
1996-97	142.93	189.50	55.11	76.03	76.40	143.08	56.11
1997-98	141.95	190.02	54.17	75.42	76.00	161.88	52.24
1998-99	142.76	191.69	57.41	78.37	78.35	167.98	49.16
1999-00	141.06	188.43	57.11	78.79	.	180.69	46.20
2000-01	141.40	185.37	55.08	76.57	.	167.02	43.58
2001-02	141.45	189.71	56.67	78.73	.	173.60	47.02
2002-03	132.69	175.62	53.78	73.55	.	160.94	48.30
2003-04	140.97	190.20	56.62	78.00	.	167.99	41.00
2004-05	141.14	190.42	58.87	80.00	.	183.98	40.67
2005-06	141.89	192.80	60.20	82.63	.	203.40	39.77
2006-07	.	.	.	.	.	216.51	37.95
Note : 1. Data of Net Sown Area, Gross Sown Area, Net Irrigated Area and Gross Irrigated Area for 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 are provisional. 2. Consumption of Fertilizer data relate to February-January upto 1982-83 and April-March from 1983-84 onwards. 3. N : Nitrogen , P : Phosphorus, K : Potassium. Also see Notes on Tables. Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.