Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Agricultural Land Ceiling Act
The correct answer is Agricultural Land Ceiling Act. - Agricultural Land Ceiling Act puts a limit on the landholdings by an individual.
- By 1961-62, ceiling laws were passed in all the states and it became one of the most controversial land reforms in India.
- The Goa, Daman & Diu Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964 which is commonly known as Agricultural Tenancy Act was enacted in 1964 by the UT of Goa, Daman & Diu for-
- The Act was intended to secure tenure of agricultural tenants, to limit the rent payable by the tenants to the owners
- To provide for common obligation of the cultivating tenants and their joint responsibilities of maintaining protective bunds, sluice gates, ponds and fisheries, water resources, etc.
- The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 which is commonly as known as Forest Rights Act is the most effective instrument of rural socio-economic distributive justice in the independent India.
- Provisions of Forest Rights Act-
- Recognizes the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources, on which these communities were dependent for a variety of needs.
- It ensures land tenure, livelihood and food security of the forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.
- It strengthens the conservation regime of the forests by including the responsibilities and authority on Forest Rights holders for sustainable use, conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of ecological balance.
- Debt Relief Act also known as Karnataka Debt Relief Act, 2018 is an act to provide relief from indebtedness to small farmers, landless agricultural labourers and weaker sections of the people in the State of Karnataka.
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