Table 2. Comparison of all India irrigated area (mha) from of statistical data (DES) and developed data at 250 m spatial resolution using the MODIS NDVI in this study.

SL. no	Water year	DES net irrigated area (mha)	MODIS 250 m irrigated area (mha)
1	2000-01	55.31	77.56
1	2001-02	56.93	76.16
2	2002-03	53.89	82.14
3	2003-04	57.06	73.96
4	2004-05	59.22	74.71
5	2005-06	60.69	65.51
6	2006-07	62.60	76.52
7	2007-08	63.18	73.92
8	2008-09	63.63	73.18
9	2009-10	61.93	71.50
10	2010-11	63.59	75.19
11	2011-12	65.26	78.71
12	2012-13	66.10	64.75