| India | World | |||
| Cons.
(mln. MT) |
Growth
1965-91(%) |
Cons.
(mln. MT) |
Growth
1965-91(%) |
|
| Fertilizer | ||||
| Nitrogenous | 8.1 | 1,400 | 75.1 | 330 |
| Phosphatic | 3.4 | 2,500 | 35.4 | 150 |
| Potassic | 1.4 | 1,400 | 23.5 | 93 |
| Total | 12.8 | 1,570 | 134.0 | 205 |
Today about 10% of the total world consumption of fertilisers is in India. Three decades ago this was only about 2% . This increase in consumption has been helped in a major way by the development of the indigenous fertiliser industry.
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