What do you understand by the Ryotwari System?
1
The land revenue was collected from the farmers by the village headmen on behalf of the whole village (and not the zamindar).
2
The system was popularised by Lord William Bentick in Agra and Awadh and was later extended to Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.
3
The land revenue was paid by the farmers directly to the state.
4
The revenue under the system was to be revised periodically and not fixed permanently.