UPSC Prelims 2018 Question:

As per the NSSO 70th Round "Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households

consider the following statements:

1. Rajasthan has the highest percentage share of agricultural households among its rural households.
2. Out of the total agricultural households in the country, a little over 60 percent belong to OBCs.
3. In Kerala, a little over 60 percent of agricultural households reported to have received maximum income from source other than agricultural activities.
   
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Explanation:

• The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, conducted Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households in its 70th round (January – December, 2013).
  
  
• An agricultural household is defined as a household receiving some value of produce from agricultural activities during the last 365 days. Rajasthan had the highest percentage of agricultural households (78.4 per cent) among its rural households and Kerala had the least percentage share of agricultural households (27.3 per cent) in its rural households. So, statement 1 is correct.
  
  
•  Out of the total estimated agricultural households in the country, about 45 percent belonged to Other Backward Classes (OBCs). So, statement 2 is not correct.
  
  
• Agricultural activity (cultivation, livestock and other agricultural activities) was reported to be the principal source of income for majority of the agricultural households in all the major States, except Kerala where about 61 percent of the agricultural households reported to have received maximum income from sources other than agricultural activities. So, statement 3 is correct.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Geography | Indian Social and Economic Geography