Agriculture and Fishery Mechanization Law

This paper critically examines the impact of major land reforms in changing the unequal and exploitative agrarian structure. The paper also seeks to provide the context in which the reforms were introduced, their objectives and the measures that they put forth. The three major land reforms introduced since India gained independence, i.e., abolition of intermediaries, tenancy reforms and ceilings on landholdings have been dealt with in the paper in detail and thereafter, the researcher has attempted to come up with the defects in them. Recommendations for future land policy regarding these reforms have also been put forth.