Land Reforms in India

Land is a scarce resource and burgeoning demographic load demands its sustainable and integrated use. Colonial legacy of defective land tenure systems such as Zamindari system (permanent settlement), Ryotwari system and Mahalwari system, had resulted in inequitable distribution of land as manifested by the report of Royal Commission on Agriculture 1926 (86%cof the land was held by 12% people).

Important characteristics of the agrarian structure at the dawn of independence

  • Absentee land ownership
  • Subinfeudation and proliferation of intermediaries
  • Exploitation of tenants through high rents and insecurity of tenure
  • Unequal distribution of land
  • Tiny and fragmented holdings
  • Lack of adequate institutional finance to agriculture

Land reforms ....

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