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| After India became independent, Nehru and his policy advisors embarked on a programme of planned development that focused on agrarian reform as well as industrialisation. The policymakers were responding to the dismal agricultural situation in India at that time. This was marked by low productivity, dependence on imported food grains, and the intense poverty of a large section of the rural population. |
| What was the primary aspect which was required to be changed for changing the agrarian class structure after Independence? |
The patterns of land holding, and landlessness among poor farmers. Lack of technology Lack of seeds and water. Lack of Commercial Agriculture |
| The patterns of land holding, and landlessness among poor farmers. |
| After India became independent, Nehru and his policy advisors embarked on a programme of planned development that focused on agrarian reform as well as industrialisation. The policy makers were responding to the dismal agricultural situation in India at that time. This was marked by low productivity, dependence on imported food grains, and the intense poverty of a large section of the rural population. They felt that a major reform in the agrarian structure, and especially in the landholding system and the distribution of land, was necessary if agriculture were to progress. |
