Area sown AREA i Total JNDER PR< TAIODUGTION, \LE IALL INDI^ ^ 1950-51- —70-71 (W )0 hectares) Total Net area more than cropped Total Total non-food- Year sown once area Ri6^ Wheat Jowar Bajra Maize cereals foodgrains grain« 1950-51 118746 1S147 131893 3K)56 10010 15554 9744 3250 80642 107096 24797 1955-56 129156 18155 147311 316^3 12704 17447 10972 3811 87717 118127 29184 1960-61 133199 19573 152772 34056 12931 18426 11470 4401 91899 123394 29378 1961-62 135399 20810 156209 346$6 13565 38220 11275 4501 92893 125039 31170 1962-63 136341 20419 156760 35734 13589 18402 10961 4646 93779 125311 31449 1963-64 136483 20480 15^963 35745 13519 18370 11105 4586 93372 125575 31392 1964-65 138120 21109 159229 36359 13453 18025 11916 4617 94256 127001 32228 1965-66 136242 19122 155364 35358 12540 17623 11959 4799 92129 123560 31804 1966-67 137299 2Q102 157401 35060 12775 18117 12787 5199 93940 123592 33909 1967.68 13&849 23803 165632 36010 14902 17901 12798 5603 98085 1287% 36854 1968-69 137556 S2106 159662 35872 15616 17642 12052 5716 97481 119342 49320 1969-70 138704 25078 163782 37270 16785 16984 12493 5862 99843 122770 41012 r970-|71 141161 26251 167412 37387 -18139 16994 12913 5852 101666 124659 42753 SOURCE For all figures up to 1967-68, Indian Agricultural Statistics, Summary Tables, 1973. } for the ^gures f)r 1968i69, 69-70, and 70-71, Iwhan Agriculture in Brief\ T^iirteeftth edition (except in the figures jfor ba}ra and m^i^c, 1 wh^ch M quoted froin Estimates of Area and PrMuclton.^f Prwcifwl Cr^ps in India 1972-73). W^ile the first two arc comparable, the last 6ne is not I » comparable with rthers. JBut differences are marginal and thejse do not reflect any change in indicators.