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Pastoralists had to pay a tax on every animal they took to grazing in the pastures.

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The above statement is true.
The colonial authority levied a tax on land, salt, canal water, and animals to boost income. Pastoralists had to pay a levy on each animal they took to graze in the pastures. The Grazing Tax was implemented in India around the mid-nineteenth century. Contractors were auctioned off for the privilege of collecting these taxes in the 1850s. The contractors, for their part, attempted to extract as much tax as possible to recoup the money they had given to the government. As a result, pastoralists had to reduce the animals they took for grazing to pay less.

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