Per Capita Availability of Certain Important Articles of Consumption During 1960-61 to 1999-2000
Edible# Oils(@) (kgs.)
Vanaspati (kgs.)#
Sugar (Nov-Oct) (kgs.)+
Cloth (Meters)
Tea * (gms)
Coffee* (gms)
Year
Cotton
Man-made
Total
@@
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1960-61
3.2
0.8
4.8
13.8
1.2
15
296
80
1965-66
2.7
0.8
5.7
14.7
1.7
16.4
346
72
1971-72
3
1.1
6.8
12.4
2.2
14.6
423
65
1972-73
2.4
1
6.2
13.2
2
15.2
458
69
1973-74
3.4
0.8
6.1
12
1.9
13.9
492
64
1974-75
3.3
0.6
5.8
12.9
1.7
14.6
471
62
1975-76
3.5
0.8
6.1
12.6
2
14.6
446
62
1976-77
3.2
0.9
6
11.4
2.4
13.8
450
71
1977-78
3.8
0.9
7.2
9.5
4
13.5
516
73
1978-79
3.8
1
9.6
10.2
4.8
15
599
77
1979-80
3.7
1
7.8
10.1
4.6
14.7
521
73
1980-81
3.8
1.2
7.3
12.9
4.4
17.3
511
74
1981-82
5.1
1.3
8.2
12.2
4.9
17.1
463
79
1982-83
4.5
1.3
9
11.8
4.3
16.1
525
82
1983-84
5.8
1.2
10.5
12.6
4.7
17.3
519
78
1984-85
5.5
1.3
10.7
12.6
4.6
17.2
576
72
1985-86
5
1.3
11.1
15.4
6.1
21.5
589
71
1986-87
5
1.2
11.4
15.2
6.6
21.8
545
76
1987-88
5.8
1.2
11.7
14
7
21
592
72
1988-89
5.3
1.2
12.1
15
8
23
612
79
1989-90
5.3
1.1
12.3
14.6
8.1
22.7
571
65
1990-91
5.5
1
12.7
15.1
9
24.1
612
59
1991-92
5.4
1
13
13.7
9.2
22.9
$655.00
64
1992-93
5.8
1
13.7
15.6
8.9
24.5
649
66
1993-94
6.1
1
12.5
15.9
10.3
26.2
667
56
1994-95
6.3
1
13.2
15.2
10.8
26
664
55
1995-96
7
1
14.1
16.3
11.7
28
646
55
1996-97
8.2
1
14.6
16.2
13.1
29.3
657
58
1997-98
7.5
1.1
14.5
15.9
15
30.9
636
58
1998-99
10.3
1.4
14.9
13.1
15.1
28.2
676
65
1999-2000$
9.2
1.4
15.6
14.2
16.4
30.6
NA
53
@ -Includes Groundnut Oil, Sesamum Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Coconut Oil, Nigerseed Oil, Soyabean Oil and Sunflower oil but excludes oil used for manufacture of vanaspati.
@@ - Data relate to calendar years ; figures for 1960 are shown against 1960-61 and so on. Figures for blended/mixed fabrics were not separately available prior to 1969. These have been included under man made fabrics after 1969.
* - Figures upto 1971-72 relate to coffee season and thereafter on calendar year basis. The figures for 1972-73 correspond to 1973 and so on.
# - Relates to financial year.
+ - Relates to actual releases for domestic consumption. $ - Provisional.
Note-1. From 1967-68 sugar season is October-September. 2. The date on cloth prior to 1980-81 is calendar year-wise; in meters upto 1984-85and in square meter from 1985-86 onwards.
Sources: 1. Directorate of Vanaspati Vegetable oil & Fats, New Delhi. 2. Directorate of Sugar, New Delhi. 3. Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi. 4. Tea Board, Kolkata. 5. Coffee Board, Bangalore.
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