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  1. Consider the following reasons of continuous decline in average land-holding size in India :
    A. Law of inheritance
    B. Consolidation
    C. Farm mechanisation
    D. Desire of land ownership Pick the correct answer from the options given below :
    1. A, B, C and D
    2. A, C and D
    3. A and D
    4. A and B
Correct Option: C

Indian agriculture is structurally small farm and small farmer based. The overall average size of operational holding in India declined from 2.63 hectares in 1960-61 to 1.33 hectares in 2002-03. Over 80% of the land holdings in India are classified as small and marginal land holdings with the farm size of less than 2 ha. This implies that over 80% of the farmers in India hold just 39% of the total cultivated land. The Law of inheritance leads to fragmentation of land among the inheritors of land. Again, desire of land ownership could also be attributed to the fragmentation of land. Owning of land is more a social status in India, than an economic exigency.



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