Question

what do you know about the Waste Land rules how did these laws affect the pastoralists

Answer 1

To colonial officials all uncultivated landappeared to be unproductive. It produced neither revenue nor agricultural produce. It was seen as 'waste land' that needed to be brought under cultivation. From the mid-nineteenth century, waste land ruleswere enacted in various parts of the country.
The forests were considered as waste lands by the Britishers as these lands did not yield agricultural product nor any other revenue. According tothe waste land rules, uncultivated lands were taken and given over to selected individuals. They were granted concessions. Some of them were made Headmen.