Plan-wise Average Area, Production & Productivity of Rice

Handbook of Statistics : Section-'B'

Table-02 : Plan-wise Average Area, Production and Productivity of Rice in India

SL	Five Year Plans	Area		Production		Yield
SL	Five Year Plans	Million Hectares	% increase over previous Plan Years	Million Tonnes	% increase over previous Plan Years	Kg/ Hectare	% increase over previous Plan Years
1.	First Plan
	1951-52 to 1955-56	30.68	- %	25.03	- %	816	- %
2.	Second Plan
	1956-57 to 1960-61	33.14	8.0 %	30.34	21.2 %	915	12.1 %
3.	Third Plan
	1961-62 to 1965-66	35.62	7.5 %	35.15	15.9 %	987	7.9 %
4.	Annual Plan
	1966-67	35.25	- %	30.44	- %	863	- %
	1967-68	36.44	- %	37.61	- %	1,032	- %
	1968-69	36.97	- %	39.76	- %	1,076	- %
5.	Fourth Plan
	1969-70 to 1973-74	37.60	5.6 %	41.80	18.9 %	1,112	12.7 %
6.	Fifth Plan
	1974-75 to 1978-79	39.33	4.6 %	47.34	13.3 %	1,204	8.3 %
7.	Annual Plan
	1979-80	39.42	- %	42.33	- %	1,704	- %
8.	Sixth Plan
	1980-81 to 1984-85	40.30	2.5 %	54.49	15.1 %	1,352	12.3 %
9.	Seventh Plan
	1985-86 to 1989-90	41.00	1.7 %	65.06	19.4 %	1,587	17.4 %
10.	Annual Plan
	1990-91	42.69	- %	74.29	- %	1,740	- %
	1991-92	42.65	- %	74.68	- %	1,751	- %
11.	Eighth Plan
	1992-93 to 1996-97	42.68	4.1 %	78.74	21.0 %	1,845	16.3 %
12.	Ninth Plan
	1997-98	43.45	- %	82.53	- %	1,900	- %
	1967-68	44.80	- %	86.03	- %	1,920	- %
	1968-69	44.97	- %	89.48	- %	1,990	- %

Source

Directorate of Rice Development, Patna.