Q2. With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.
(b) The major aim of land reforms was to provide agricultural land to all the landless.
(c) It resulted in the cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.
(d) Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
Answer: B
- Land reform constitutes the most important measure to improve the economic condition of agricultural tenants. The Land reforms program in postIndependence India has evolved through different phases and includes the Abolition of Intermediaries, Tenancy reforms, Consolidation of holdings and determination of holdings per family, imposition of ceilings with fewer exemptions, and to distribution of surplus land among landless peoples.
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