What is culturable wasteland?

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The correct answer is Land that has been left fallow for more than five years.

Culturable wasteland is officially defined as land available for cultivation, whether not taken up for cultivation or taken up once but not cultivated for more than five years in succession for one reason or the other.

Fallow land is land that is intentionally left uncultivated temporarily. Current fallow refers to land left fallow for less than one agricultural year. Fallow land other than current fallow refers to land left uncultivated for one to five agricultural years. Culturable wasteland is land that *could* be cultivated but has been neglected for a longer period (> 5 years).

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