Question

Why is the land ceiling policy not successful?

• A. Goal of equality was not fully served
• B. Zamindars still owned large lands in some areas.
• C. Numerous loopholes in the policy
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above

Disadvantages:

(a) Abolition of intermediaries has resulted in a heavy burden on the state exchequer .The ex-intermediaries have been given a compensation amounting to Rs. 670 crores in cash and in bonds.

(b) It has led to large-scale eviction. Large-scale eviction, in turn, has given rise to several problems – social, economic, administrative and legal.

(c) Instead of the abolition of the official land-lords, absentee land-lords as a class have emerged. Hence the claim of the official documents pertaining to the abolition of intermediaries has no logical foundation. The truth is that it has changed only its garb