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Study the given diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:

(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?

(2) Explain any two reasong responsible for the increasing trend in that category.

Answer:

(1) Highest increasing trend is "Areas under non-agricultural use". This increase in terms of percentage is 5 : 9 or 80%.

(2) Reasons for increase in use of Areas under Non-agricultural use:

(i) Changing structure of the Indian Economy.

(ii) Expansion of industrial and service sector: The second five year plan had emphasized on the growth of industries.

(iii) Expansion of related infrastructural facilities.

(iv) Expansion of area under urban and rural settlements especially in housing sectors.

(v) It is expanding at the expense of waste lands and agricultural lands.