Land Revenue Policy of the Indian Government

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Land Revenue Policy of the Indian Government

1920

The circumstances which led to the prepartion of these reports and to the promulgation of the views of the Government of India are explained in the opening paragraphs of the Resolution. [...] Regulation II of 1793 of the produce of the pointed out that the Government soiL share of that produce was fixed by estimating the rents paid by the tenants deducting therfrom the cost of collection allowing to the landlords oneleventh of the remainder as their share and appropriating the balance or teelevenths as the share of the State. [...] before the Mutiny the question of the relative shares of the State and of the landlords in the net produce of the soil came again 'under careful review in Northern India ; and the result of this further consideration of the matter was embodied in what are known as the Saharanpur Rules " (so called because they were issued in connection with the resettlement of the land revenue of the Saharapu [...] 11 is dependent upon a number of varying factors such as the industry and resources of the cultivator the nature of the crop the capacity security and situation of the holding and the chance of the seasons. [...] The aim of local taxation is the benefit of the community and the spread of elementary education amongst the cultivating classes is the surest preventive of the carelessness which allows so large a proportion of the increased value that settled government and improvedOF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT.
government politics public policy
Pages
299
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143621
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Chapter I.—India
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Chapter II.—Summary of Replies of the Local Governments
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Chapter III.—Bengal
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Chapter IV.—The North-Western Provinces and Oudh
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Chapter V.—The Punjab
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Chapter VI.—The Central Provinces
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Chapter VII.—Madras
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Chapter VIII.—Bombay
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Glossary of Vernacular Terms
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Index
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Backmatter
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