Co-operative Farming in Bombay Province

Originally it was contemplated to set up a Committee to investigate in the light of the existing crop practices distribution of land and prevailing laud tenures and also the extent of virgin laud available for development the suitability of the adoption of schemes of collective co-operative joint or ter farming to recom. [...] Government has considered his report carefully and also the recomendations on the subject contained in the report of the Co-operative Planning Committee appointed by the Government of India under the chairmanship of lir. [...] Government will place for a period of five years the servic& of Agricultural Assistants at the disposal of these societies or groups of such societies where they are in compact areas the society to bear half of the cost or the third year and full cost from the sixth year. [...] When the Bill for the Consolidation of Prevention of Fragmentation of Holdings is enacted schemes of co-operative farming will be helpful in a accelerating the pace of consolidtion of fragments. [...] Some of these might have now acquired the status of protecte I tenants under the provision of Bombay Tenancy Act 1939 and in respect of the rest the term of tenancy will be hereafter for at least 10 years according to the provision of the same Act as recently amended.