Priyamvada Ashok MhaddalkarAIR 13 · CSE 2021 · 183 wordsTheir whole copy
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Land reforms are important to change the face of Indian agriculture.
After Independence, India embarked on a journey of land reforms
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→ Land reforms included:
- Abolition of zamindari
- Tenancy rights reformed
- Land ownership ceiling
- Redistribution of land to tenants
→ However land being a state subject each state implemented it differently.
→ To a large extent land reforms were not implemented.
→ P.C. Joshi while analysing the social impacts of failure of land reform highlighted how it resulted in Naxalism.
→ Without fixing land reforms, India moved on to Green Revolution in selected areas which brought its own set of issues → bullock capitalism, pauperization of agrarian proletariat, role of women reduced due to technology.
→ Regions like Vidarbha which implemented improper land Reforms and Green Revolution witness increasing suicides of farmers.
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Thus, to increase agricultural productivity and implement a holistic improvement in the life of the Indian farmer it is important to consider Land Reforms again to bring about equitable distribution of land to the farmers and avoid concentration of wealth in the hands of large farmers alone.