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Tractors Oil Engines Pumpsets/ Power Cons.
tubewells
(per mln hec) (per mln hec) (per mln hec.) (kwh/000 hec)
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1951 0.7 5 1.6 1.5
1961 2.0 15.1 13.1 5.5
1971 8.6 nav 97.7 27.0
1981 30.1 162.3 250.5 84.0
1991 81.1 268.0 502.8 273.2
1992 89.0 274.7 505.5 322.6
1993 98.6 284.9 527.1 350.7
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Over the last forty years, the annual growth rates in these agricultural inputs range from 10% to 15%.
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
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Last updated: May 1995.