explain the six major land use categories of our country along with the change the have occurred recently
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Land resources in India are primarily divided into agricultural land, forest land, land meant for pasture and grazing, and waste land. Waste land includes rocky, arid and desert areas, and land used for other non-agricultural purposes such as housing, roads and industry. According to the recent data, about 54% of the total land area is cultivable or fallow, 22.5% is covered by forests, and 3.45% is used for grazing. The rest is waste land, with traces of miscellaneous cultivation.
The land under forest has not increased since 1960–61 because in the post-independence era demand for more land to expand agriculture, mainly after Green Revolution, developmental works and infrastructural facilities, led to clearance of forests areas. Industrialization and urbanization also decreased the forest area. Thus, land under forest has increased by only about 4% since 1960-61.
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The six major land use patterns and the changes that have occurred are:
1.Land under agriculture: The land under agriculture has reduced from 45.26 % from 1960 - 61 to 43.41 % in 2002 - 2003.
2.Land under forest: The land covered by forests has been under the accepted 33 %. It was 18 % in 1960 - 61 and has increased to 22 % in 2002-2003.
3.Barren and waste land: The area that is barren or waste land has reduced by almost half from 12 % to 6 % in last four decades.
4.Culturable waste land: The land that is suitable but which is not brought under cultivation has reduced from 6.23 % 1960 - 61 to 4.41 % in 2002-2003.
5.Area under non agricultural use: The land under this category has increased marginally from 4.95 % in 1960-61 to 7.92 % in 2002-2003.
6. Fallow land: The area of fallow land has doubled from 3.73 % in 1960-61 to 7.03 % in 2002-2003.
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