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In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires,- (a) "agriculture" includes,- (i) the raising of annual or periodical crops and garden produce, (ii) horticulture, (iii) the planting and upkeep of orchards, (iv) the reserving of land for fodder grazing or thatching grass; and (v) the breeding of cattle, camels, sheep or goats; (b) "agriculturist" means a person who earns his livelihood wholly or mainly from (i) agriculture, or (ii) rent from agricultural land, in case he belongs to any of the categories of persons mentioned in clauses (a) to (h) of sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955), - and includes a person who ordinarily engages in agricultural labour or who works as an agricultural artisan; (bb) "bank" means a banking company as defined in section 5 of the Banking Companies Act, 1949 (Central Act 10 of 1949) and includes the State Bank of India and any other banking institution notified under section 51 of the said Act; (c) "debt" includes all liabilities owing to a creditor in cash or king secured or unsecured, payable under a decree or order of a Civil Court or otherwise, whether due or not due, but shall not include land revenue or anything recoverable as land revenue other than liabilities payable under a decree of a village panchayat or any money for the recovery of which a suit is barred by limitation; (cc) "debtor" means an agriculturist or a member of Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe who is liable for debts aggregating to one hundred rupees or more, exclusive of claims in respect of liabilities mentioned in section 4; (d) "Debt Relief Court" means a debt relief court established under section 3; (dd) "Scheduled Caste" means any of the castes, races or tribes, or parts of or groups within the castes, races to tribes, specified by the President under article 341 of the Constitution to be Scheduled Castes in relation to the State of Rajasthan; (e) ........ (f) "State" means the State of Rajasthan as formed by section 10 of the State Re-organisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956); (g) "Village Panchayat" means a Nyaya panchayat established or deemed to be established under the Rajasthan Panchayat Act, 1953 (Rajasthan Act XXI of 1953).