AGRICULTURE CENSUS Under this scheme, centre provides funds to states and thus state do the entire job work. The states dont need to spend money because Centre provides all (100%) the funds. The first Agriculture Census in the country was conducted with reference year 1970-71. It is done every five years. Primary and Secondary data is collected on structure of operational holdings by different size classes and social groups. Operational Holding refers to all land which is used wholly or partly for agricultural production and is operated as one technical unit by one person alone or with others without regard to the title, legal form, size or location. For the purpose of land use statistics; India has been divided broadly into three categories. In the first category are States where the village revenue agency collects statistics relating to land holdings as a part of land records. This is done by village officials on the basis of actual inspection in the field at periodic intervals. Standard forms have been prescribed for this purpose. These data are then aggregated at the level of Revenue Inspector Circle, Tehsil, District and State by the officers of Revenue/Agriculture Departments. The second category consists of States of West Bengal, Orissa, and Kerala, where revenue agencies do not exists. In these states, information is collected on a sample area under principal crops and land utilisation. This is done by complete field to field enumeration of the sample villages. The third category consists of States and Union Territories mostly in the North-Eastern Region (except Assam) which are neither surveyed for land records nor the requisite revenue agencies for collection of data exist. In these areas the statistics of land records are collected on a sample basis on the basis of personal knowledge of Revenue Officer/Agricultural Officer.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 05:52:48 +0000
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