Q. Consider the following statements:
1.Uttar Pradesh has the highest percentage of tenant farmers.
2.Reverse tenancy in agriculture is increasing in India.
Select the correct statements using the codes given below:
Answer: B
Notes:
Statement 1 is incorrect. Andhra Pradesh (42.4 per cent) has the highest tenant farmers followed by Odisha (39 per cent). Kerala is the only State to completely prohibit leasing.
Statement 2: Agriculture in India is increasingly seeing both “tenancy” (landless/marginal farmers leasing in land to cultivate) and “reverse tenancy” (small landowners leasing out to better-off farmers keen to reap economies of scale).
Source: The Indian Express
