Cultivable land, which is left uncultivated for more than a year but l

Cultivable land, which is left uncultivated for more than a year but less than five years, is known as:

cultivable waste land.
current fallow land.
fallow land other than current fallow land.
barren and waste land.
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UPSC Geoscientist – 2021
According to land use classification systems, particularly those used in India, land that has been left uncultivated for more than one agricultural year but less than five agricultural years is categorized as ‘Fallow land other than current fallow land’.
Current fallow land is land left uncultivated for the current agricultural year only. Cultivable waste land is land available for cultivation but not cultivated for more than five consecutive years.
Barren and waste land includes land that cannot be brought under cultivation without high expenses, such as rocky areas, deserts, etc.
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