Which series does the Agricultural Census of 2015-16

Solution

The reference period for Agriculture Census is the Agricultural year (July-June). The first comprehensive Agriculture Census in the country was conducted with reference year 1970 71. So far, nine Agriculture Censuses have been conducted in the country. The current Agriculture Census with reference year 2015-16 is tenth in the series. Being the ultimate unit for taking agriculture-related decisions, operational holding has been taken as statistical unit at micro-level for data collection.