Question

Which of the following statements above Ryotwari settlement is/are correct?

1. It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land.

2. It was a temporary settlement.

3. It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) Only 1 (d) All of these

Answer 1

(d) The Ryotwari system, instituted in some parts of British India, was one of the two main systems used to collect revenues from the cultivators of agricultural land.

Features of Ryotwari System

1. Government claimed the property rights to all the land, but allotted it to the cultivators on the condition that they pay taxes. In other words, it established a direct relation between the landholder and the government.

2. Farmers could use, sell, mortgage, bequeath, and lease the land as long as they paid their taxes. In other words Ryotwari system gave a proprietary right upon the landholders.

3. IF they did not pay taxes, they were evicted

4. Taxes were only fixed in a temporary settlement for a ** of thirty years and then revised.

5. Government had retained the right to enhance land revenue whenever it wanted

6. Provided measures for revenue relief during famines but they were seldom applied in real life situation.