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Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook [1] as well as total land area figures [2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the ...
As of 2022, India is the 11th largest silver producer in the world. [84] The country also accounts for 3% of the world's silver production. [84] India's largest silver mine is the Sindesar Khurd Mine, in Rajasthan. [85] Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) is India's largest silver producer. [86] As of 2022, HZL is also the world's 5th largest silver ...
The list of states and union territories of the Republic of India by area is ordered from largest to smallest. India consists of 28 states and 8 union territories , including the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Rajasthan being largest in land area.
Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
Environmental History of Modern India: Land, Population, Technology and Development (Bloomsbury Publishing India, 2022) online review["Library of Congress Country Studies". U.S. Library of Congress (released in public domain
India's arable land area of 1,597,000 km 2 (394.6 million acres) is the second largest in the world, after the United States. Its gross irrigated crop area of 826,000 km 2 (215.6 million acres) is the largest in the world, followed by US and China. [ 71 ]
[2] 2011 is the year when land rehabilitation bills combating land acquisition were starting to be proposed, but it is evident that the government has been progressively reducing the resources allocated to agriculture in India. Additionally, there was an almost 2 percent increase in the use of non agricultural land in the decade following 2001.
In 2013–14, only about 36.7% of total agricultural land in India was reliably irrigated, [2] and remaining 2/3 cultivated land in India is dependent on monsoons. [3] 65% of the irrigation in India is from groundwater. [4] Currently [when?] about 51% of the agricultural area cultivating food grains is covered by irrigation. The rest of the ...