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... the end of 2014 there are over 50000 JLGs operating in the state and the number of families depending on cultivation for livelihood through this scheme has surpassed the figure of 2.61 lakhs (Table 2). Over the years since inception, the number of JLGs as well as the area under cultivation has reached considerable figures (see Table 1). Nearly an area of half lakh hectare is being cultivated by the various JLG groups across the state. ...
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... the whole, as the table represents, 45282 hectares of land are taken for lease by the members of various JLGs most of who are poor and land less. We have already seen in Table 1 above that around seventy seven percent of the members in these JLGs belong to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category. Although we have focused mainly on paddy cultivation in this paper JLGs are very active in farming in other segments as well. ...

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