Question

Study the wheel chart carefully, and answer the following questions:
LAND USE PATTERN IN INDIA
(i) Has the net sown area increased or decreased in 2014-2015 ?
(ii) How much is the land under permanent pasture and tree crops in 1960-61 and 2014-15?
(iii) The land under permanent pasture and tree crops is very low." What does this indicate?
(iv) Name any one category under which the area in use has decreased in 2014-15. Give at least one reason for this decrease?
(v) Name the two categories under which the area in use has increased. Give atleast one reason for this increase.
(vi) What is the most satisfying feature of our present land use pattern? Give one reason.

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Answer 1

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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