LAND REFORMS

• After Independence the government has

decided to abolish the system of the
zamindari and jagirdari, in order to remove
intermediaries between state and peasant.
• The legislation has take by almost all the
states called as abolish of
zamindari/jagirdari system at in 1950s.
Land Reforms
• Land reforms in India usually refer to
redistribution of land from the rich to
the poor.
• Land reforms includes regulation of
ownership, leasing, sales and
inheritance of lands.
OBJECTIVES
• Rational use of Resources.
• Removing Exploitation.
• Raising Production Level.
• Social Welfare.
• Planned Development.
• Raising the Standard of Living.
• To make redistribution of land to make a
socialistic pattern of society. Such an effort will
reduce the inequality in ownership of land.
IMPORTANT LAND REFORMS IN INDIA

• Economic Holding.
• Providing Incentives.
• Increase in Productivity and
Production.
• Establishing Link Between
Government and Farmers.
• Attaining Social Justice.
MEASURES OF LAND
REFORMS
•Abolition of Intermediary
Tenure.
•Tenancy reforms.
•Ceiling on land holdings.
APPROACHES TO LAND
REFORMS
• The Gandhian Approach
• The Radical Approach
• The Marxist Approach
Need For The Reform
• Presence Of Multiplicity Of Intermediaries.
• Lack Of Adequate Security of Tenure.
• Unequal Distribution of Land.
• Fixation Of High Rent.
• Low Productivity.
• Increasing Inequality Between Rich And
Poor.
Causes Of Failure Of Land
Reform
• Lack Of Political Will.
• Ineffective Implementation.
• Lack of Uniformity.
• Lack of Social Consciousness Among the Tenents.
• Absence of upto Date Land Records.
• Apathetic Attitude of the Bureaucracy.
• Role of Corrupt, inefficient administrative
machinery.
CONCLUSION
• Effective Implementation Of Measures.
• Effective administration machinery of the
government.
• Adequate knowledge of the laws.
• Upto date records should be prepared.
• Simplifying legal methods.
• Less political interference.
Thank You!