Land Reforms

The main objectives of Land Reforms are:

• Abolition of Big Land Concentration / Zamindari System.
• Abolition of Absolute Land Concentration.
• Transfer of Land to actual tillers.
• Distribution of Surplus land/Bhoodhan to Landless Labourers.
• Consolidation of Holding.

On the guidelines from Government of India, followed Acts have been passed in the State to effectively implement the land reforms in the State.

• Big landed Estates Abolition Act, 1950.
• Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1962.
• Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976.
• State Land (Vesting of ownership) to the Occupants Act, 2001.

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