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Royal Commission on Agriculture in India Evidence Taken in the North-West Frontier Province

1927

May It Please Your Majesty We the Commissioners appointed to examine and report on the present conditions of agricultural and rural economy in British India and to make recommendations for the improvement of agrculture and to promote the welfare and prosperity of the rural population ; in particular to investigate :—(a) the measures now being taken for the promotion of agricultural and vete [...] (82427)m TERMS OF REFERENCE Generally z. To examine and report on the present conditions of agriculture and rural economy in British India and to make recommendations for the improvement of agriculture and the promotion of the welfare and prosperity of the rural population ; In particular to investigate— (a) the measures now being taken for the promotion of agricultural. and veterinary research [...] It will not be within the scope of the Commission's duties to make recommendations regarding the existing system of landownership and tenancy or of the assessment of land revenue and irrigation charges or the existing division of functions between the Government of India and the local Governments. [...] (a) Do you wish to suggest means towards the better co-ordination of the.activities of the Governments in India or to indicate directions in which the Government of India may usefully supplement the activities of the local Governments ? (b) Is it your opinion that the expert scientific knowledge required in the development of agriculture in the different Provinces could be supplied to a greater e [...] The great defects are the almost total lack of drainage the inefficient water-courses the neglect of the ordinary common-sense rules of irrigation the presence of many ill-placed mills on the canals.
agriculture environment
Pages
219
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143624
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xvi unknown view
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission on Agriculture
1-152 unknown view
Appendix
153-153 unknown view
Index
i-xlviii unknown view
Glossary
xlix-l unknown view

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