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Date : Aug 31, 2004
Table 22 : Pattern of Land Use and Selected 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   . . 2.35
1951-52   119.40   133.23   21.05   23.18   . 0.66 .
1952-53   123.44   137.67   21.12   23.30   . 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   25.66   29.45   . 4.52 .
1963-64   136.48   156.96   25.89   29.71   . 5.43 .
1964-65   138.12   159.23   26.60   30.70   . 7.73 .
1965-66   136.20   155.28   26.34   30.90   . 7.85 .
1966-67   137.23   157.35   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   162.26   30.20   36.97   . 19.82 .
1970-71   140.27   165.79   31.10   38.19   15.37 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   39.05   22.32 27.68 35.16
1973-74   142.42   169.87   32.55   40.28   26.04 28.39 50.43
1974-75   137.17   164.19   33.71   41.74   27.33 25.73 .
1975-76   141.65   171.29   34.59   43.36   31.89 28.94 .
1976-77   139.47   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   43.13 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   53.83   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   41.86   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   47.78   62.47   65.02 125.46 75.00
1991-92   141.63   182.24   49.87   65.68   64.73 127.28 72.13
1992-93   142.72   185.70   50.30   66.76   65.40 121.55 70.79
1993-94   142.34   186.58   51.34   68.25   66.64 123.66 63.65
1994-95   142.96 P 188.05 P 53.00 P 70.65 P 71.19 135.64 61.36
1995-96   142.20 P 187.47 P 53.40 P 71.35 P 72.29 138.77 61.26
1996-97   142.81 P 189.59 P 55.05 P 73.25 P 76.40 143.08 56.11
1997-98   142.08 P 190.57 P 54.98 P 73.01 P 76.00 161.88 52.24
1998-99   142.58 P 193.03 P 56.50 P 77.59 P 78.35 167.98 49.16
1999-00   141.23 P 189.74 P 56.65 P 78.49 P . 180.69 46.20
2000-01   .   .   .   .   . 167.02 43.58
2001-02   .   .   .   .   . 173.60 47.02
P Provisional.
* Data relate to February-January upto 1982-83 and April-March from 1983-84 onwards.Also see Notes on Tables.       
 Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.