4.7 Divergence in Estimates of Irrigated Area

Year

MOWR

DESMOA

%Diff.

1

2

3

4

Up to 1951

22.6

22.6

 

1st Plan (1951-56)

NA

NA

NA

2nd Plan (1956-61)

27.8

28.0

 

3rd Plan (1961-69)

NA

NA

NA

Annual Plans (1966-69)

35.8

35.5

 

4th Plan (1969-74)

42.1

40.3

 

5th Plan (1974-78)

48.5

46.1

 

Annual Plans (1978-80)

52.6

49.2

 

6th Plan(1980-85)Original

60.6

54.5

 

6th Plan (1980-85) Re-appraised

58.8

54.5

 

7th Plan (1985-90)

68.6

61.9

 

Annual Plans (1990-92)

72.9

65.1

 

8th Plan (1992-97) (Target)

86.5

NA

NA

Annual Plan (1992-93)

74.5

66.8

 

Annual Plan (1993-94)

76.1

68.0

 

Annual Plan (1994-95)

77.7

70.7*

 

Annual Plan (1995-96) Anticipated

79.3

71.4*

 

Annual Plan (1996-97) Anticipated

81.1

73.3*

 

  • Notes:MOWR-Ministry of Water Resources; DESMOA-Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture.
  • Source:Figures are from "Water & Water Related Statistics, July 1998", Central Water Commission. Others with * are from "Agricultural Statistics at a glance", DESMOA.
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