Question

the landholdings in india are small due to the ______law​

Answer 1

Answer:

law of inheritance

Explanation:

land keeps on getting divided as it is passed to generations.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Population is too much. Land is inherited . Each family when new members added by marriage or child birth the land gets sub divided making land holdings smaller after every generation.

In India, by 1961-62, all the state governments have passed the land ceiling acts. But the ceiling limits varied from state to state. To bring uniformity across states, a new land ceiling policy was evolved in 1971.Before 1972, the basis of land ceiling was an individual as a unit instead of family.