Briefly describe the drawbacks of the permanent settlement
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Answer:
Explanation:
Permanent settlement was ver advantageous to britishers—
1.The company was able to create a class of zamindar as tgeir ally, who acted as intermediary between between them and peasantry.
2. Under the new revenue system the income of the EEIC from land revenue was fixed, stable and secure.
3. The zamindars were motivated to increase the agriculture production. As the rate of revenue to be paid to the british was fixed, they could keep the surplus after paying their due.
The peasants syffered due to this system—
1. The actual cultuvators of the land were left at the mercy of the zamindars, who often extracted exorbitant rates from from the cultivator, layer they imposed many illegal taxes.
2. Since tge company had fixed tge revenue, it could not demand for more revenue evenif there was increase in the income of zamimdar due to increase in crop prices or expansion of cultivation.
3. The peasants had to pay the revenue even if the crop failed; hence, they were firced to borrow money from money lenders at a high interst rate in case of non repayment of the loans, their land was mortaged forcing them to look for an alternatw emplyement and even migrate to cities. Thus, peasants evicted from the land they have cultivated for years