The Route to Growth
Increase in Agriculture Land
21
Increase in Irrigated Area in
the last decade
2000 :
1.049 crore
hectares
2008 :
1.221 crore
hectares
Gujarat witnessed the rare instance
where water tables have increased
from
3 to 13 meters
Gujarat
India
57%
14%
Rising water tables
Increase
16.4%
