Paper I · 6 Telangana Economy & Development · TGPSC MPSO / ASO
6.2 Land, agriculture and allied sectors notes
3 notes, in reading order.
- 6.2.1Land tenures and land reforms: from Hyderabad State to today's land records
Under the Nizams most land sat with the state (Diwani), the Nizam (Sarf-e-Khas) or grantees (jagirs, inams, samsthanams) and was squeezed by intermediaries; after 1948 Telangana abolished jagirs (1949) and inams (1955), protected tenants (1950) and capped holdings (1961, 1973), and since 2017 it has rebuilt land records, from Dharani (2020) to Bhu Bharati (2025).
Standard · 16 min · Full course - 6.2.2Agriculture: land use, cropping pattern, credit, inputs and food security
Half of Telangana's land is sown, and paddy now covers over 130 lakh acres, followed by cotton and maize; output hit a record 236.87 lakh tonnes of foodgrains in 2025-26, supported by irrigation, free farm power, cash support per acre, loan waivers and procurement, while the PDS now gives free fine rice to ration card holders.
Standard · 16 min · Full course - 6.2.3Allied sectors: livestock, dairy, fisheries, horticulture and food processing
In Telangana the allied sectors now earn more than crops: livestock alone (about Rs 1.04 lakh crore in 2025-26) is nearly half of agriculture's value added, the state has the most sheep in India, inland fisheries and horticulture are growing, and oil palm, now on about 3.2 lakh acres, is the new mission crop.
Standard · 14 min · Full course
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