Question
Study the given diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow :
9.1.Which land use category has shown the highest increasing trend ? What percentage in reporting area has increased in that category, during the given period ?
9.2.Explain any two reasons responsible for the increasing trend in that category.
Solution
9.1. Area under non-agricultural use has shown the highest increasing trend i.e. 5:9 or 80%
9.2.
- Changing structure of the Indian Economy.
- Expansion of industrial and service sector.
- Expansion of related infrastructural facilities.
- Expansion of area under urban and rural settlements.
- It is expanding at the expense of waste lands and agricultural lands. (ANY TWO)
