QUESTION 4
GS3
10 marks
State the objectives and measures of land reforms in India. Discuss how land ceiling policy on landholding can be considered as an effective reform under economic criteria.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
State the objectives and measures of land reforms and discuss whether land ceilings are an effective reform in economic terms.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Objectives: end exploitation, land to tiller, equity, productivity≈35 words
- 2Measures: abolition of intermediaries, tenancy reform, ceilings, consolidation, land records≈35 words
- 3Ceilings on economic criteria: inverse farm size–productivity argument, redistribution; weak results (small surplus land), fragmentation, benami≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
ObjectivesMeasuresCeiling's economic case for and againstConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not evaluating ceilings economically
- No data on surplus land distributed
Draw this
- Table of measures and outcomes
Value addition
- DataOnly about 2% of operated land was declared surplus and much less was distributed.Ministry of Rural Development reports
- ExampleWest Bengal's Operation Barga (1978) registered sharecroppers.Government of West Bengal
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