Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : All of the above
The correct answer is All of the above. - Tenancy reforms:
- In India, State governments have passed laws to protect the landowners and (superior or inferior) tenants, collectively these are called tenancy reform acts.
- Reforms include:
- Landowner’s right to lease.
- Landowner’s right to Personal Cultivation with the ceiling, for example in Maharastra not more than 50% of the leased land.
- Tenant’s right against the eviction & high rent demand.
- Tenure security to tenant.
- Tenant farmer has also provided rent security.
- Before independence, there were three major types of land tenure systems present in the country:
- The Zamindari System:
- By Lord Cornwallis in 1793
- In West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, UP, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.
- The Mahalwari System:
- By Lord William Bentick.
- In Agra and Awadh and was later extended to Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.
- The Ryotwari System:
- By Sir Thomas Munro
- First introduced in Tamil Nadu.
- It was later extended to Maharashtra, Berar, East Punjab, Coorg, and Assam.
- The basic difference in these systems was regarding the mode of payment of land revenue.
- Model tenancy Act of 2019:
- To provide homeless families housing facilities in the urban area.
- Especially for migrant workers in cities like Mumbai.
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