Explain the need and type of land reforms implemented in the agriculture sector.
In India, there existed a large army of middlemen like zamindars, mahalwars and ryotwars, who collected rent from the actual cultivators and deposited a part of it to the government as land revenue. They treated cultivators as slaves. The measure of abolition of intermediaries was adopted to make direct link between actual tillers and government, and to pass forests, wasteland, etc. to state government.
Tenancy Reforms are concerned with:
(a) Regulation of Rent
(b) Security of Tenure
(c) Ownership Rights for Tenants.
Reorganisation of Agriculture is concerned with:
(a) Redistribution of Land
(b) Consolidation of Holdings
(c) Co-operative Farming.
Though public sector is very essential for industries, many public sector undertakings incur huge losses and are a drain on the economy’s resources. Discuss the usefulness of public sector undertakings in the light of this fact.
Why was it necessary for a developing country like India to follow self-reliance as a planning
What is Green Revolution? Why was it implemented and how did it benefit the farmers? Explain in brief.
While subsidies encourage farmers to use new technology, they are a huge burden on govern ¬ment finances. Discuss the usefulness of subsidies in the light of this face.
Why was public sector given a leading role in industrial development during the planning period?
What is sectoral composition of an economy? Is it necessary that the service sector should contribute maximum to GDP of an economy? Comment.
Why, despite the implementation of green revolution, 65 per cent of our population continued to be engaged in the agriculture sector till 1990?
Does modernisation as a planning objective create contradiction in the light of employment generation? Explain.
Explain the statement that green revolution enabled the government to procure sufficient foodgrains to build its stocks that could be used during times of shortage.
