Question

what where did drawbacks of the permanent settlement

Answer 1

it may be said that the Permanent Settlement did not benefit any one of those for whom it was devised. In the first place, in ultimate analysis the Permanent Settlement adversely affected the interests of the government. As the settlement was made on a permanent basis there was no scope for revision of the amount of revenue by the government.

Secondly, in return for a fixed government demand the zamindars were deprived of many powers ani privileges enjoyed by them previously. Thirdly, the Permanent Settlement required the payment of the yearly revenue by the' zamindar on or before the sun-set of a particular day.

Failure to pay the money deprived the zamindar of his estates. Owing to the stringent sun-set laws many of the traditional zamindars lost their estates within a very short time of the operation of the Permanent Settlement. Fourthly , the Permanent Settlement totally ignored the interests of the ryots or tenants.

Since the zamindars now became the owners of land oppression of the ryots by zamindars increased manifold. A large section of ryots (tenants) were dispossessed of their land to become landless labourers

Answer 2

Following are the drawbacks of the permanent settlement ;-

★ Under the permanent settlement, the zamindar's became the hereditary owners of the land. They could sell or lease his land.
Initially , the revenue demand was so high , that they had to borrow money from moneylenders, at a high rate of interest to pay land revenue. In case they could not return the loan, the land was taken by the moneylenders.


★ By first decade of the 19th century the prices in the market rose and cultivation expanded. This meant an increase in the revenue of the zamindar's, but no increase In the revenue of the company , as it was fixed permanently.


★ In many cases, the moneylenders had replaced the traditional zamindar's. They had no interest in the land . they leased it to the tenants and got rent payable by the peasant. It led to rural indebtedness. The moneylenders migrated to the cities. It also led to fragmentation of land holdings , because very often a part of the land was sold to pay land revenue.

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