Question

In addition to maintaining and updating land records of a village, a Patwari also ______________________________.

• A. compulsorily makes land purchases nearby.
• B. directly reports only to the District Collector.
• C. provides the government information about crops being grown.
• D. single-handedly oversees the provision of land records to farmers.

Answer 1

The correct option is C provides the government information about crops being grown.

At the village level, Patwaris are in charge of maintaining and updating land records, types of crops grown on agricultural land and collecting land revenue of the entire village. It is the Tehsildar, on the other hand, who in charge of overseeing the provision of land records to those in need of them.