3. Rent Control

At the time of independence the rate of rent on agricultural land was 50 per cent or more of the agricultural produce. It was too high for ordinary farmers. Hence, legislation were enacted to bring down the rate of rent to 20 to 30 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, 33 per cent in Punjab and Haryana, and 33 to 40 per cent in Tamil Nadu. Since the Fourth Five-Year Plan, the system of payment of rent in agricultural produce was fully abolished and the same was replaced by the system of cash payment.