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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: For the census, the government divides land holdings into five categories: marginal (less than one hectare), tiny (1-2 hectares), semi-medium (2-4 hectares), medium (4-10 hectares), and big (more than 10 hectares). Small-scale farmers are integral to India’s agricultural and rural economies.

Detailed explanation-2: -marginal farmer (plural marginal farmers) A farmer with a bare subsistence level of income from their own land, sometimes working as an agricultural laborer. In India, the percentage of marginal farmers among all farmers is nearly 70%.

Detailed explanation-3: -’Marginal Farmer’ means a farmer cultivating (as owner or tenant or share cropper) agricultural land up to 1 hectare (2.5 acres). ‘ Small Farmer’ means a farmer cultivating (as owner or tenant or share cropper) agricultural land of more than 1 hectare.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marginal land is land that has little or no agricultural or industrial value. Marginal land has little potential for profit and often has poor soil or other undesirable characteristics. This type of land is often located at the edge of deserts or other desolate areas.

Detailed explanation-5: -(i) A farmer having 1 hectare of land for farming is called a subsistence farmer because 1 hectare of land is too less for even the sustenance of a small family.