Explain the Nij and Ryoti system of indigo cultivation. Which one would you consider better and why?
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In NIJ cultivation, the planter themselves produce indigo while under Ryot system, planter get indigo produced by ryot.
In NIJ cultivation planter directly employ hired labour to produce indigo while in ryot system, planter force the ryot to sign an agreement to produce indigo.
In NIJ cultivation less than 25 percent of land should be under indigo cultivation while in ryot system, at least 25 percent of land should be under indigo cultivation.
Under NIJ cultivation it is very difficult to find labour while in ryot system, planter sometimes forces the village head on behalf of ryot to sign the agreement to produce indigo.
Under ryot system planter give loan to ryot to produce indigo, this is not applied in case of NIJ cultivation.
from my opinion, Nij system was better...
cause, it didn't had much force of labours and in this system, labours were not much exploited, as the Europeans cultivated Indigo by their own and they didn't exploit the farmers for wealth..
where as in Ryoti system farmer's were forced to cultivate indigo...