2. Tenancy Reforms

Under this broader step, three inter-related reforms protecting the land- tenants were effected:

(i) Regulation of rent so that a fixed and rational rate of rent could be paid

by the share-croppers to the land owners;

(ii) Security of tenure so that a share-cropper could feel secure about his future income and his economic security; and

(iii) Ownership rights to tenants so that the landless masses (i.e., the tenants, the share-croppers) could get the final rights for the land they plough

—“land to the tillers”.