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1.explain land use pattern in india in2019​

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

(i) Land resources in India are primarily divided into

agricultural land, forest land, land meant for pasture and grazing, land for other non-agricultural use(such as housing, roads and industry) and waste land (rocky, arid and desert areas). 54 per cent of the total land area was cultivable or fallow, 22.5 per cent was covered by forests and 3.5 per cent was used for grazing. The rest was waste land, with traces of miscellaneous cultivation.

Improper use of forest land has degraded the available land area and made conservation of forests difficult. Human activities such as deforestation, mining and quarrying have contributed to the slow growth rate of forests. Thus, land ’ under forest has increased by only about 4%.

(ii) The following technical and economic development have led to more consumption of resources

(a) Technological development has led to industrialisation which has increased the use of natural resources.

(b) Technological development has converted the subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture and this has led to the over-utilisation of soil.

(c) Technological development has also improved the process of mining.

(d) The development of technology contributed to

increase in production of quality goods and provision of better services to the people.

(e) Economic development has led to increasing urbanisation and modernisation which demands more resources.

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