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Ryots were forced by the planters to sign a contract under the Ryoti system.

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The above statement is true;
Under the Ryoti system, planters pressured the ryots to sign the contract. They gave them cash advances after signing the contract at low-interest rates to produce indigo. The ryots had to cultivate indigo on their holdings of at least 25 per cent of the loan. The cultivators were provided with everything needed to grow the indigo—seeds, drill, etc. The cultivators only had to prepare the soil, sow the seed and take care of the crop. The new loan was issued every time for the ryots after the crop was delivered to the planters, and this loan cycle was started all over again. Soon, the peasants realised that the system was too harsh for them and that the wages they received for their labour were insufficient. Planters also insisted the ryots cultivate indigo instead of rice on the best soils, but the problem was that after growing indigo, the soil became exhausted, and rice couldn't be grown on the same field.

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