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Achievements

Land reforms were implemented within a modern democratic structure without any violence or use of force.

Institutional changes enabled the bringing in of modern, progressive farming.

Rack-renting the peasantry and extraction illegal cesses had become a thing of the past.

State demand from the peasant also gradually virtually disappeared.


 

7. It is argued by many that there is an urgent need for states to reform land laws and, in particular, tenancy laws. What are the factors cited for the need of such reforms? Identify the impediments in the way of such reforms and highlight the benefits that would accrue from them.