The land ceiling acts define the size of land that an individual/family can own. In India, by 1961-62, all the state governments have passed the land ceiling acts. But the ceiling limits varied from state to state. To bring uniformity across states, a new land ceiling policy was evolved in 1971. In 1972, national guidelines […]
Read More »The second a major plank of the land reforms envisaged was, therefore, concerned with tenancy legislations. The political and economic conditions in different parts of India were so varied that nature of tenancy legislations passed by the different states and the manner of their implementation also varied a great deal. Yet, there were commonly shared […]
Read More »Post-Independence Reforms: Zamindari Abolition Tenancy Reforms Land Celing Legislation Bhoodan Movement Zamindari Abolition: In 1949 Zamindari abolition bills or land tenure legislation were introduced in a number of provinces such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Madras, Assam and Bombay with the report of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition Committee chaired by G.B. Pant, acting […]
Read More »Before the advent of the British, agriculture, industry and trade were well balanced in India. There flourished many crafts together with agriculture. But the British policy of ‘economic squeeze’ crushed crafts and industries of India and people were compelled to depend on agriculture. The Indian agriculture was basically traditional and primitive. Crops were cultivated for […]
Read More »Condition of agriculture and land reforms After the British rule, A large section of the population, about three-fourths, was dependent on agriculture for employment and for the food and fiber consumed by farming families and landlords. Agriculture in India was based mainly on feudal land relations where a majority of the population lived in rural […]
Read More »DEFINITION: “Economic theory is nothing but an idea or a principle that aim to describe how an economy works”. ADAM SMITH: Adam Smith was 18th century economist who was renowned as a “Father of modern Economics” and a major proponent of ‘Laissez Faire’ economic policies. Smith is most famous for his work “The Wealth of […]
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