Table 8.18
     All India N P K Consumption Ratio
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 Year	    Nitrogen  Phosphate	 Potash
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1955-56	       10.8	1.3	   1
1960-61  	7.2	1.8	   1
1965-66	        7.5	1.7	   1
1980-81	        5.9	1.9	   1
1985-86	        7.0	2.5	   1
1991-92   	5.9	2.4	   1
1992-93	        9.5	3.2	   1
1993-94	        9.7	2.9	   1
1994-95	        8.4	2.6	   1
1995-96	        8.5	2.5	   1
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