Table 22 : Pattern of Land Use and Selected Inputs for Agricultural Production

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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.