Land Reform

• No tangible effects on the skewed distribution of land holdings.
• Only 23000 ha(<1%) of cultivated land could be acquired for redistribution
• Beneficiaries were 16000 tenants (1 percent of the total farm families)
• 8 million tenants were identified
• Certificate of tenancy were given to 3000000 tenants.
• Total rents paid by tenants were reduced by requiring them to pay rent only on the main crop instead of total crops.
• In 1971 and 1973, the rent (385-827 kg/ha of paddy) was fixed in 15 districts.