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explain why land use pattern in india and why has the land under forest not increased much sinse 1960-61

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Shruthib asked in Social Science

explain land use pattern in india and why has the land under forest not increased much since 1960-1961?

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Rose Thomas answered this
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The total geographical area of india is 3.28 million sq km. As per the land use data only 93% of the total geographical area is avaliable. Of this 43.4% is the net sown area, forest cover is 22.6%, 4.4% is culturable waste, 7.03% is current fallow, 4% is covered by pastures and 1% is covered by tree crops. The land under forest have increased over years.

The pattern of netsown area varies greatly from one state to another. Forest area in the country is far lower than the desired 33% of the geographical area, as it was outlined in the National Forest Policy[1952]. The percentage of the forest cover is needed to be increased for the maintenance of the ecological balance.

 The land under forest didn't increase much since 1960-61 due to several reasons like;

The improper use of land which has caused degradation of the avaliable land area and made conservation of forest difficult.The ever increasing illegal cutting of trees and forest cover to meet the needs of an increasing population.Large scale development projects, industrialisation and urbanisation have  reduced the forest cover to a great extent.