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Report of the Land Revenue Commission Government of India

1941

3. Madras tour.—Pending the receipt of replies the Commission decided to visit the Province of Madras in accordance with the second term of reference which directs a 22 comparison of the general level of rents in other provinces and the economic condition of the cultivators in other provinces with those of Bengal. [...] 10„ Terms of reference.—Our terms of reference direct us generally to examine the existing land revenue system of Bengal in its various aspects with special reference to the Permanent Settlement; to estimate the effect of the system on the economic and social structure of Bengal and its influence on the revenues and administrative machinery of the Provincial Government; and to appraise the advan [...] We shall state the reasons why the majority of our members have come to the conclusion that the solution lies in the acquisition of the interests of the zamindars and all grades of rent receivers and shall discuss the financial ' and other aspects of an acquisition scheme. [...] The subsequent sections of the report will deal with the problems of transfer subletting and the status of bargadars; the economic condition of the cultivators in Bengal compared with that of the cultivators in other provinces; the possibility of improving economic conditions; the theory and method of assessing rent; and the possibility of improving agricultural credit and the realisation of a [...] The difference between the rent paid by the cultivator and the share of it paid into the treasury as revenue is the profit of the landlord or of successive grades of landlords.
government politics public policy
Pages
368
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.147461
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
v-xiv unknown view
Introductory
1-4 unknown view
Chapter I. The Land Revenue System of Bengal
5-30 unknown view
Chapter II. Retention or Abolition of the Permanent Settlement
31-43 unknown view
Chapter III. Acquisition of Zamindaris and Tenures
44-65 unknown view
Chapter IV. Transfer and Subletting
66-73 unknown view
Chapter V. Economic Conditions in Bengal and the Provinces visited
74-118 unknown view
Chapter VI. The Nature and Assessment of Rent
119-145 unknown view
Chapter VII. Agricultural Credit
146-160 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Realisation of Rent
161-182 unknown view
Note of Dissent
183-348 Bijay Mahtab, Brajendra Roy Chowdhury view
Index
i-ix unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view