Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: a) “Agricultural land” means land which includes jote/private land which is used or is capable of being used for the agriculture and allied activities including fallow land; b) “Agriculture and Allied Activities ” shall mean raising of crops including food and non food crops, fodder or grass; fruits and vegetables, flowers, any other horticultural crops and plantation; animal husbandry and dairy; poultry farming, stock breeding; fishery; agro forestry, medicinal, bamboo, agro-processing and other related activities by farmers and farmer groups; c) “Agricultural Year" means the year commencing on such date as the State Government may, in the case of any specified area, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; d) “Competent authority”, in relation to any provision, means any officer appointed by the State Government by notification to be the competent authority for the purpose of that provision. e) “Farmer” includes a person who owns and cultivates land himself / herself as well as a person who may or may not own land but cultivates land leased in from others or otherwise involved in / engaged in agriculture or allied activities; f) “Farmer groups” includes self help groups, joint liability groups, farm producers organizations (FPOs) and FPG/FPC companies; g) “Government” means the State Government of Tripura; h) “Lease means” a contract between the Land owner - Lessor and the Lessee Cultivator by which the Land owner - Lessor conveys use of his/her agricultural land to the Lessee cultivator for agriculture and allied activities for a specified period for a consideration based on an agreement with terms and conditions mutually agreed by the Land owner - Lessor and the Lessee Cultivator ; i) “Lessee Cultivator” means a person who leases in the agricultural land for the purpose of agriculture and allied activities against a consideration in cash or kind or a share of produce payable to the Land owner - Lessor as per the lease agreement; j) “Land owner lessor” means a person who owns agricultural land and has leased out that land to a lessee cultivator, under mutually agreed terms and conditions; k) “Leasing in” means the use of agricultural land by a Lessee Cultivator for a consideration which could be in cash or kind or share of produce; l) “Leasing out” means the transfer of land by a Land owner – Lessor to a Lessee Cultivator for an agreed lease period for a consideration which could be in cash or kind or share of produce; m) The words and phrases which are used but not defined in this Act shall have same meaning as provided in the Tripura Land Revenue And Land Reforms Act, 1960