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

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Table 24 : 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	.	0.69	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	15.38	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	39.05	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	43.08	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	53.83	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	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	50.30	66.76	65.40	121.53	70.79
1993-94	142.34	186.58	51.34	68.25	66.99	123.66	63.65
1994-95	142.96 P	188.05 P	53.00 P	70.65 P	70.93	135.64	61.36
1995-96	142.20 P	187.47 P	53.40 P	71.35 P	72.11	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	56.51 P	77.64 P	78.35	167.98	49.16
1999-00	141.10 P	190.32 P	56.76 P	77.99 P	.	180.69	46.20
2000-01	141.10 P	187.94 P	54.68 P	75.14 P	.	167.02	43.58
2001-02	.	.	.	.	.	173.60	47.02
2002-03	.	.	.	.	.	160.94	48.30
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.