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The most important step in the field of Land Reforms taken in the state was to impose a ceiling on agricultural land holdings. The A.P. Land Reforms Act 1973, enacted for this purpose can be said to be culmination of land reforms in the state.

The cultivatable land in 1990-91 was 1 crore 44 lakh and 60 thousand hectors.

A.P. Inams Act was introduced in 1956. This Act was mainly for Andhra area. The Purpose of this Act was to abolition and conversion into ryotwari.

Andhra Pradesh had 448 Zamindars.

The Bhoodan Movement of Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reforms movement in India. Which was started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951.

Objectives of Land Reforms:

• Satisfy rural proletarian for ownership of land.
• Abolish lease system.
• Self-employment on land.
• Mental and political empowerment leads to social development.

The provision for transfer of ownership to tenants was called suo motu action.

The state of implementation of land reforms has been examined in the report submitted by Shri Ameer Raza, Joint Secretary Planning Commisiion in February 1965.

Unified tenancy laws were part of the post-independence land reform efforts in India, with significant legislative activity occurring around 1960 in various states.