Table 8.9
                  Production of Sugarcane
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Year	        Area	Production Yield    Per cent
				                area
	       (Mill. 	(Mill.	   (Kgs./      under
	        ha.)	tonnes)	    ha)   irrigation
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1950-51   	1.7	 57.05	   33422	67.3
1960-61 	2.4	110.00	   45549	69.3
1970-71 	2.6	126.37	   48322	72.4
1980-81 	2.7	154.25	   57844	81.2
1990-91 	3.7	241.05	   65395	86.2
1995-96(P)	4.1	282.95	   68369	  -
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(P)  -  Provisional
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