Progress of Land Reform

Abstract

The proposals for land reform in the Second Five Year Plan: related to : abolition of intermediaries ; tenancy reforms i.e. regulation of rent, security of tenure for tenants and conferment of ownership on them ; ceiling on land holdings ; and agrarian reorganisation, including consolidation of holdings; and prevention of sub-division and fragmentation. These proposals are set out in a summary form in annexure I. A. brief review of the progress made in the implementation of these proposals is set out in the following paragraphs.