Mention any two land use categories of India, which have shown an increase in their areas. Explain the reasons responsible for increasing areas in these two categories.

Two land-use categories of India, which have shown an increase in their areas-

• Forests

• The area under non agriculture use

• Current fallow

• Net area is sown

Two categories-

Forests-

• Increase in the demarcated area under forests rather than an actual increase in the forest cover.

• As 33% to the forests area should be under forest.

• Forests occupy about 23.81%of the total land surface in India.

Non Agricultural area-

• Due to the changing structure of the Indian economy.

• Expansion of area under both urban and rural settlement.