Unit-1: Current Status of Agriculture Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the current status of Indian agriculture, including land use statistics, forest cover, and state-wise production rankings.

Geographical area of India

$$328.74\,mha$$

Total reporting area of India

$$306\,mha$$

Total degraded land of India

$$187\,mha$$

Gross cropped area of India

$183\,mha$, $219.15\,mha$, or $220\,mha$

Gross irrigated area of India

$112.23\,mha$ or $110\,mha$

Net irrigated area of India

$75.46\,mha$ or $76\,mha$

Net sown area of India

$$141\,mha$$

Cropping intensity of India (2023-24)

$$155.4\%$$

Major source of irrigation in India

Tubewell ($48.51\%$)

Second major source of irrigation

Canals ($22.96\%$) $23\%$

Total forest cover in India (2023)

$80.9\,mha$ or $81\,mha$

Percentage forest area of India (2021-22)

$21.71\%$ or $22\%$

Optimum forest area required

$33\%$ of geographical area

State with highest geographical area in India

Rajasthan ($10.41\%$) $10.5\%$

State with lowest geographical area

Goa ($0.11\%$)

State which is 2nd in geographical area

MP

Largest forest cover (area) in the state

MP

Largest percent area of forest in the State

Mezoram ($85.41\%$)

Lowest forest covering State in India

Haryana ($3.63\%$)

Agriculture sector share of GDP at current price

$$18.2\%$$

State which is 1st in pulses production

MP

State which is 1st in food grain production

U. P.

State which is 1st in total coarse cereals production

Rajasthan

State which is 2nd in food grain production

MP

State which is 1st in wheat production

U. P.

State which is 2nd in wheat production

Punjab.

State which is first in soybean production

MP

State which is first in rapeseed & mustard production

Rajasthan

Water vapour in the atmosphere

$0.001\%$ of the total global water