Consider the following statements:

Agriculture Census of India is a part of the World Census of Agriculture of FAO and has been conducted every 4 years since 1970-71.

Operational holding is taken as a statistical unit for data collection in Agriculture Census.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched the 11^thAgriculture Census (2021-22). The census is part of the World Census of Agriculture of FAO and has been conducted every 5 years from 1970-71.
This is the first time that data collection for agricultural census will be conducted on smartphones and tablets, so that data is available in time.
It will provide updated information number and area of operational holdings, their size, class-wise distribution, land use, tenancy and cropping pattern, etc.
Operational holding is defined as “all land which is used wholly or partly for agricultural production and is operated as one technical unit by one person alone or with others without regard to title, legal form, size or location”. It is taken as a statistical unit for data collection in Agriculture Census.

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched the 11^thAgriculture Census (2021-22). The census is part of the World Census of Agriculture of FAO and has been conducted every 5 years from 1970-71.
This is the first time that data collection for agricultural census will be conducted on smartphones and tablets, so that data is available in time.
It will provide updated information number and area of operational holdings, their size, class-wise distribution, land use, tenancy and cropping pattern, etc.
Operational holding is defined as “all land which is used wholly or partly for agricultural production and is operated as one technical unit by one person alone or with others without regard to title, legal form, size or location”. It is taken as a statistical unit for data collection in Agriculture Census.

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