Discuss why the colonial government in India brought in the following laws. In each case, explain how the law changed the lives of pastoralists: (a) waste land rules ; (b) forest act and (c) criminal tribe act.
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Waste land
This law was brought to control of the land which was not under the cultivation . the surplus land could be used to increase the area under cultivation and also to increase land revenue .This rule shrunk the pasture land as earlier available
Forest Act
These act was introduced to gain control of those which has commercially important tree
Moreover these act was introduced to collect some revenue from the pastoralists .The movement of pastoralists was severely restricted because of the new forest act.
Criminal tribe Act
This act was introduced to force the nomadic tribe to a settled life . It was difficult to collect taxes from the nomadic people because they does not have permanent address . This act tarnished the image of nomadic tribe
This law was brought to control of the land which was not under the cultivation . the surplus land could be used to increase the area under cultivation and also to increase land revenue .This rule shrunk the pasture land as earlier available
Forest Act
These act was introduced to gain control of those which has commercially important tree
Moreover these act was introduced to collect some revenue from the pastoralists .The movement of pastoralists was severely restricted because of the new forest act.
Criminal tribe Act
This act was introduced to force the nomadic tribe to a settled life . It was difficult to collect taxes from the nomadic people because they does not have permanent address . This act tarnished the image of nomadic tribe
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