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Royal Commission on Agriculture in India. Evidence of Officers Serving Under the Government of India

1927

It will not be within the scope of the Commission's duties to make recommendations regarding the existing system of landownersirip and tenancy or of the assessment of land revenue and irrigation charges or the existing division of functions between the Government of India Mid 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 ex [...] The members of the Council should be appointed by the Government of India in consultation with Local Governmentvnd Indian States and ample funds should be placed at its disposal for expenditure on research projects and other aids to the farming industry The Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India the Secretary to the Board the Director of the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research M [...] QUESTION 6.—AGRICULTURAL INDEBTEDNESS.—The main causes of the present agricultural indebtedness are I believe (1) the pressure of the population on the soil; (2) the existence of so many uneconomic holdings due to sub-division; (3) the lack of subsidiary means of subsistence; (4) the failure of crops in years of short rainfall and the spirit of fatalism and improvidence bred of insecrity; (5) [...] In this connection I should like to draw the attention of the Royal Commission on Agriculture to the following resolution of the Board of Agriculture in India : — That this meeing of the Board of Agriculture recognises that in many parts of India the extreme and increasing sub-division of the land and scattered character of the holdings together form a very serious impediment to agricultural p
government politics public policy
Pages
429
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144602
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
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Frontmatter
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Dr. D. Clouston M.A. D.Sc. C.I.E. Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India
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Mr. J. A. Richey M.A. C.I.E. Educational Commissioner with the Government of India
114-140 unknown view
Lieut.-Colonel J. D. Graham C.I E. I.M.S. Public Health Commissioner with the Government of India
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Mr. J. H. Field M.A.; B.Sc. Director General of Observatories
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Mr. F. Ware F.R.C.V.S. U.S. Officiating Director Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research Muktesar
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Mr. J. S. Pitkeathly C.LE. C.V.O. C.B.E. D.S.O. Chief Controller Indian Stores Department
239-245 unknown view
Mr. A. Rodger O.B.E. Officiating Inspector General of Forests Dehra Dun
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Mr. H. A. Sams C.I.E. Deputy Director General of Posts and Telegraphs
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Sir Clement Hindley Kt. Ciiief Commissioner of Railways
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Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Marriott Director of Farms Master-General of Supplies Branch
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Mr. D. G. Harris C.I.E. Deputy Secretary to the Government of India Department of Industries and Labour Public Works Branch
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Index
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Glossary
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