the correct answer is option 3 Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Deccan Agriculturists Relief Act of 1879 aimed to remove the legal encumbrances that were depressing the ryot. It did this by the following methods: • by empowering the Courts to go behind the actual contracts where there was a manifest unfairness; • by requiring that every bond to which a ryot was a party should be written by or under the supervision of the village registrar • by extending the period of limitation of suits so that the creditor did not have to renew the bond or file a suit every three years • by giving wide scope to the principle of conciliation • by authorizing village munsiffs to try suits of less than ten rupees • by disallowing compound interest • by abolishing arrest and imprisonment for debt • by restricting the liability of land to be sold for unsecured money debts • by restricting the liability of heirs to pay ancestral debts • Justice Ranade cordially welcomed the Bill and hailed it for provisions protecting the interests of farmers against money lenders. Hence, statement (a) is correct.