Question

Bhoodan yojana as a measure or gifting land by the rich landlords to the landless labourers was started by

Answer 1

Bhoodan Yojana or gifting of land by the rich to the landless poor, was a movement started by Acharya Vinobha Bhave in the year 1951.

It was started from the Pochampally village in Telengana state.

The idea behind the Bhoodan Movement was to raise awareness on the plight of landless labourers, among the rich. It exhorted the landed rich, to donate a small percentage of their land, to the landless. The condition was that such piece of land could not be sold by the receiver or be used for non-agricultural ventures.