Identify the revenue-system that was introduced in the Bombay-Deccan region?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Ryotwari-Settlement
The revenue system introduced in the Bombay Deccan in the 1820s came to be known as the ryotwari settlement. British officials believed, following Ricardo’s ideas, that the zamindars of Bengal had turned into rentiers living on rental income. So, unlike the Bengal system, the revenue here was directly settled with the ryot. The average income from different types of soil was estimated, the ryot’s capacity to pay was assessed and a share was fixed for the state. The lands were resurveyed every 30 years and the rates raised, so the revenue demand was no longer permanent.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| 24-05 S1 25-05 S1* | – | – | 18-06 S1* | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2025-26): “3.2 A new revenue system … Many British officials in India thought that the history of Bengal confirmed Ricardo’s theory. There the zamindars seemed to have turned into rentiers, leasing out land and living on the rental incomes. 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.…” |