Why was Land Ceiling Act not been implemented effectively?
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Intermediaries like Zamindars, Talukdars, Jagirs and Inams had dominated the agricultural sector in India by the time the country attained independence. Quite naturally top priority was accorded to the abolition of intermediary tenures. Congress had long ago been committed to the idea of the removal of intermediaries between the peasant and State.
Soon after independence, measures for the abolition of the Zamindari system were adopted in different states. The first Act to abolish intermediaries was passed in Madras in 1948. Since then, state after state passed legislation abolishing Zamindari rights.
The Orissa Estates Abolition Act was passed in 1951. By 1955, the progress for the abolition of intermediaries had been completed in almost all the states.