Report of the Congress Agrarian Reforms Committee

The Congress in it; election manifesto and the Report of the Economic Programme Committee has declared itself in favour of the elimination of all intermediaries between the State and the tiller. [...] There will be similar regional authorities in charge of a group of villages the basic unit being the Village Panchayat."12 Agricultural Indebtedness—Rural Finance and Marketing : On the question of agricultural indebtedness the Committee is of the opinion that for a large sector of the agrarian population the burden of indebtedness has not diminished in spite of high prices. [...] There should be Provincial Commissioners charged with the task of quickening up the pace of the agrarian reforms in the Provinces and also a Central Commissioner to co-ordinate the reforms in the Provinces and to bring $o the notice of the Central authority the obstacles in the way of such co-ordination and uniform progress. [...] In respect of the first category this right should be taken away by the State as in the case of the Zamindars and the institution should he compensated by the payment of the income by the State and this should be.made a charge on the revenues of the States. [...] If however the land and the rent-receiving rights enjoyed by the religious and charitable institutions are taken over by the provincial government or the appropriate authority Of the Land Commission the provincial government or the appropriate authority should assure the income in cash or grains to the institutions for the due discharge of the functions which are being carried out by these ins