Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s24.23

c18.s24.23

The Batai arrangement was, therefore, made where the soil was very poor and the produce extremely variable. "Whenever the Batai or system of crop division obtained, the Government, after deducting for seeds and other necessary charges paid by the rayats, left ½ or ⅓ of the crop to the cultivator, and took the rest for the State. In Shivaji's time, the proportions are stated to have been ⅖ and ⅗. The Batai system was not much in favor." ¹⁷ ⁴⁰