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Date : Aug 31, 2004
Table 18 : Area under Cultivation - Major Commercial Crops
(Million hectares)
Year   Oilseeds Sugarcane Tea Coffee Cotton (Lint) Raw jute & Mesta Tobacco
  Groundnut Rapeseed & 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   6.40 5.05 6.22 22.78 4.40 0.51 0.32 9.10 1.05 0.33
2002-03 AE 6.41 4.40 5.87 21.50 4.23 0.51 0.33 7.48 1.04 .
AE Advance Estimates.         
# For nine oilseeds out of eleven in all.      
 Note : 1. Data for 1950-51 to 1969-70 relate to total of five major oilseeds
viz., groundnut, castorseed, seasmum, rapeseed and mustard, and linseed. 
2. Data for 1950-51 and 1951-52 relate to Jute crop only.     
Also see Notes on Tables.        
Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.