question_answer 10)

Try to do a comparison between the two pie charts in figure below given for land use and find out why the net sown area and the land under forests have changed from 1960-61 to 2002-03 very marginally.

Answer:

From 1960-61 to 2002-03, the net sown area has reduced from 45.26% to 43.41% and land under forests has increased from 18.11% to 22.57%. The reason is that area under non-agricultural use has increased by about 3% from 4.95% in 1960-61 to 7.92% in 2002-03. This consists of buildings roads, etc due to increasing urbanization. Also current fallow land has increased from 3.75% to 7.03%, causing reduction in net sown area.