One of the important parameters to select the villages is to represent the highest proportion of land under the respective sources of irrigation; and the next one is the nature of crops.. [...] The main features of the agrarian structure of the Godavari and Krishna delta regions are extreme concentration of land in the hands of absentee land owners who have settled down in towns/cities. [...] Similarly, a report of the State level committee (2011) which was appointed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to study the problems of farmers in crop holiday mandals of East Godavari district of AP (2011) under the chairmanship of Mohan Kanda reported that the informal tenancy system was high in these areas and it comes to nearly 50–60 per cent of the sown area. [...] In addition to the fact that the important criterion for selection of villages is based on the highest or majority of land being under the respective sources of irrigation, the nature of crops also is considered as one of the parameters.. [...] Towards decentralization of administration and to reach out to the people the government of Telangana increased the number of districts in the State from 10 to 31.
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