With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?
A
The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.
B
The major aim of land reforms was providing agricultural land to all the landless.
Correct Answer
C
It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.
D
Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
Explanation
The correct option (B) is right because the fundamental objective of land reforms in post-independence India was to ensure social equity and distributive justice by providing land to landless laborers and marginal farmers. Option (A) is the most tempting but incorrect because early ceiling laws were initially based on individual holdings, shifting to family units only after the 1972 national guidelines to plug loopholes. This question tests the core concept of the socio-economic goals and legislative evolution of Indian land reforms.
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