Table 3.

Residue production from various crops in India over the years

Year	Residue production (in million tonnes)
	Rice	Wheat	Maize	Sugarcane
1950–1951	28.81	8.40	3.98	21.68
1960–1961	48.41	14.30	9.38	41.80
1970–1971	59.11	30.98	17.23	48.02
1980–1981	75.08	47.20	16.01	58.62
1990–1991	104.01	71.68	20.61	91.60
2000–2001	118.94	90.58	27.69	112.46
2010–2011	134.37	112.93	49.98	130.10
2011–2012	147.42	123.34	50.05	137.20
2012–2013	147.32	121.56	51.20	129.66
2013–2014	149.31	124.61	55.80	133.81
2014–2015	147.67	112.49	55.59	137.69
2015–2016	146.17	119.98	51.91	132.41
2016–2017	153.58	128.06	59.57	116.31
2017–2018	157.86	129.83	66.13	144.36
2018–2019	162.99	132.85	62.63	152.06

Residue production has been calculated from yield data of rice, wheat, maize and sugarcane (Source: PBAS 2019) with their residue-to-product ratio as 1.4, 1.3, 2.3 and 0.33, respectively