Question

What are the major changes took place in land use pattern, between 1960-61 and 2008-09

Answer 1

Answer:

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from 1960 -61 to 2002 - 03 the net sown area has reduced from 45.26% to 43.41% and land under forest has increased from 18.11% to 22.57 % 

reason : this consists of building roads , etc. due to increasing urbanization . 

           also current fallow land has increased from 3.75% to 7.03% causing                reduction in net sown area ...

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Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

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). In 2008-09, 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 per cent since

1960-61.