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India World
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Cons. Growth Cons. Growth
(mln. MT) 1965-91(%) (mln. MT) 1965-91(%)
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Fertiliser
Nitrogenous 8.1 1,400 75.1 330
Phosphatic 3.4 2,500 35.4 150
Potassic 1.4 1,400 23.5 93
Total 12.8 1,570 134.0 205
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Today about 10% of the total world consumption of fertilisers is in India; which three decades ago was only about 2% . This increase in consumption has been helped in a major way by the development of indigenous fertiliser industry.
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
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Last updated: May 1995.