Which of the following is NOT correct of the Ryotwari settlement in the Deccan?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → The amount of revenue demanded was permanently fixed.
Under the ryotwari settlement of the Bombay Deccan, the revenue was settled directly with the ryot. Unlike the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, it was revised from time to time.
Option (1) Average income from different types of soil was estimated. Correct statement. The average income from different types of soil was estimated first.
Option (2) Revenue paying capacity of Ryot was assessed. Correct statement. Then the revenue-paying capacity of the ryot was assessed.
Option (3) A proportion of the revenue was fixed as a share of the state. Correct statement. A proportion of it was fixed as the share of the state.
Option (4) The amount of revenue demanded was permanently fixed. Incorrect statement. The lands were resurveyed every 30 years and the revenue rates increased, so the revenue demand was no longer permanent.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 A new revenue system … It was therefore necessary, the British officials now felt, to have a different system. The revenue system that was introduced in the Bombay Deccan came to be known as the ryotwari settlement. Unlike the Bengal system, the revenue was directly settled with the ryot. The average income from different types of soil was estimated, the revenue-paying capacity of the ryot was assessed and a proportion of it fixed as the share of the state. The lands were resurveyed every 30 years and the revenue rates increased. Therefore the revenue demand was no longer permanent.…” |