Question

Kerala Land Reform Act passed by Kerala Legislative Assembly on:

• A. 1970
• B. 1971
• C. 1969
• D. 1957

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 1969

Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1969

• Historical Context: The Kerala Land Reforms Act was a landmark piece of legislation aimed at redistributing land and empowering tenants in Kerala, a state with a historically unequal land distribution.

• Key Objectives: The primary goals of the Act were to:

  • Abolish intermediaries like landlords and intermediaries.

  • Grant ownership rights to cultivating tenants.

  • Impose ceilings on land holdings to prevent concentration of land.

  • Distribute surplus land to landless agricultural laborers.

• Enactment Year: The Act was passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1969. However, it came into force later.