Source: Based on information from Tata Services,
Department of Economics and Statistics, Statistical
Outline of India, 1992-93, Bombay, 1992, 71-73; and
Tata Services, Department of Economics and Statistics,
Statistical Outline of India, 1994-95, Bombay,
1994, 79-81.
Source: Based on information from United States,
Embassy in New Delhi, Annual Commodity Report,
Oilseeds and Products, 1992, New Delhi, 1992, 2,
13, 18, 21, 24, 32-33; India, Ministry of Finance,
Economic Division, Economic Survey, 1991-92, 2:
Sectoral Developments, New Delhi, 1992, S17-S19;
India, Ministry of Planning, Department of Statistics,
Central Statistical Organisation, Statistical
Abstract 1990, India, New Delhi, 1991, 49; and
India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
Research and Reference Division, India 1993: A
Reference Annual, New Delhi, 1994, 398-99.
Source: Based on information from United States,
Embassy in New Delhi, India: Agricultural Situation,
Annual Report, 1992, Washington, 1992, table 11;
India, Ministry of Planning, Central Statistical
Organization, Department of Statistics, Statistical
Abstract 1990, India, New Delhi, 1991, 46-47; and
Tata Services, Department of Economics and Statistics,
Statistical Outline of India, 1992-93, Bombay,
1992, 56.
Source: Based on information from United States,
Embassy in New Delhi, India: Agricultural Situation,
Annual Report, 1992, Washington, 1992, table 10;
and Tata Services, Department of Economics and
Statistics, Statistical Outline of India, 1992-93,
Bombay, 1992, 56-57.
Source: Based on information from Hindustan Year
Book and Who's Who, 1994, New Delhi, 1994, 236; and
India, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture and Co-operation, Annual Report, 1994-95,
New Delhi, 1994, 67.
Source: Based on information from India, Ministry of
Finance, Economic Division, Economic Survey,
1991-92, 2: Sectoral Developments, New Delhi, 1992,
5-18; and United States, Embassy in New Delhi,
Annual Commodity Report, Oilseeds and Products, 1992,
New Delhi, 1992, 22, 25.
Source: Based on information from India, Ministry of
Finance, Economics Division, Economic Survey,
1991-92, 2: Sectoral Developments, New Delhi, 1992,
S16; and United States, Embassy in New Delhi, India:
Agriculture Situation, Annual Report, 1992,
Washington, 1992, table 19.
Area sown with high-yielding varieties (millions
of hectares)
1.9
15.4
43.1
63.9
Seeds
Production, breeder seeds (millions of
kilograms)
n.a.
n.a.
527
n.a.
Fertilizer consumption
Total (millions of tons)
0.3
2.2
5.5
12.6
Per hectare (units)
1.9
13.1
31.8
68.8
Cooperative credit (billions of rupees)
214.4
678.8
2,216.3
3,187.0
Area sown in rice (millions of hectares)
n.a.
5.6
18.2
28.1
Percentage of area sown in rice
n.a.
14.9
45.3
65.9
Area sown in wheat (millions of hectares)
n.a.
6.5
13.5
20.4
Percentage of area sown in wheat
n.a.
35.6
60.6
85.0
Area sown for coarse grains (millions of
hectares)
n.a.
3.3
8.8
15.4
Percentage of area sown in coarse grains
n.a.
7.2
21.0
42.2
Source: Based on information from India, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, Research and Reference
Division, India 1993: A Reference Annual, New
Delhi, January 1994, 392; and India, Ministry of
Finance, Economic Division, Economic Survey,
1991-92, 2: Sectoral Developments, New Delhi, 1992,
S22.