what initiatives did the colonial administration take in land survey and revenue fixation?(120 to 140 words)
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Under the British Raj, the farmers did not have the ownership of the lands they cultivated, the landlordship of the land lied with the Zamindars, Jagirdars etc.
Several important issues confronted the government and stood as a challenge in front of independent India.
Land was concentrated in the hands of a few and there was a proliferation of intermediaries who had no vested interest in self-cultivation.
Leasing out land was a common practice.
The tenancy contracts were expropriative in nature and tenant exploitation was almost everywhere.
Land records were in extremely bad shape giving rise to a mass of litigation.
One problem of agriculture was that the land was fragmented into very small parts l for commercial farming.
It resulted in inefficient use of soil, capital, and labour in the form of boundary lands and boundary disputes.
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under a British Raj the farmers did not cultivate the landlordship of the land lied with the zamindars, jagirdars etc