The Mysore Economic Journal. A Monthly Periodical devoted to the Discussion of all Economic Topics of Interest. April 1938

The cultivator had direct dealings with the The Rent Recovery Act of 1859 was State and he paid from one-twelfth to on-passed to facilitate the recovery of rent and sixth portion of the produce of the land as to determine the rights of land owners and revenue to the king. [...] The above classification brings out the main features of tenancies in the United Provinces and the historical retrospect gives the evolution of the tenancy legislation which has sought to protect the rights of the tenants. [...] Amendments are suggested in the bye-laws of the boards for the appointment of representatives of unions to work as Vice-Chairman for the first three years and for the replacement of the ex-officio chaimen by elected chairmen at the end of three years. [...] Some of them are the holding of land in small and diffused patches which reduce the average holdings and lead to consequent evils the primitive methods of cultivation and poor out-turn of crops the usurious rates of interest charged by money-lenders the illiteracy and ignoance which make the ryot an easy prey for exploitation the high mortality and the low vitality of the cattle which prov [...] The reasons may be attributed to the ignorance of the people of India who failed to assimlate the principles of co-operation the policy of deofficialisation at an early stage of deelopment of the movement which gave free play to selfish motives and personal interests and too much emphasis on the credit side of the movement which has a deleterious consequence on the non-credit activities.