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Karnataka Land Reforms and Backward Classes (1950s-1970s)
B.D Jatti committee on land reforms recommended that every family should be given maximum 116 acres of dry land and _____ acres of irrigated land.
Restricting the hold of the feudal class on land was the objective behind the abolition of Zamindari system. This is one of the most important land reforms. In 1955, a committee was formed under the leadership of the ex-vice president of India, B.D.Jatti. This committee made certain recommendations towards bringing about land reforms. The committee recommended that every family should be given maximum 116 acres dry land and 27 acres irrigated land. These recommendations helped the wealthy. These recommendations were implemented in 1957 but did not change the existing system in a decisive manner. But the Land Reform Law of 1974 played a decisive role in changing the existing system.