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HPAS/Allied Mains 2022 Answer Writing Challenge Day 31 : Model Answer
Question:- Attempts at land reforms in India involved not only legislation but also movements outside the government. In this context, examine the significance of the Bhoodan Movement.( 8 marks 120 words)
| Understanding of question: Introduce the land reforms in India, both through the view-point of enactment of law and that of social movement. Analyse the significance of the Bhoodan Movement. Conclude with contemporary relevance. | ||
| Introduction | To deal with gross inequality at the time of independence, efforts were made to reform the land distribution pattern in India, starting with 1st Constitutional Amendment Act 1951 and consequent land distribution & ceiling acts in different states. Apart from that, a social movement called Bhoodan Movement was started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 in Telangana. The movement was based on Gandhian philosophies and was non-violent with a mission to persuade wealthy landowners to willingly give a small share of their land to the landless people. | |
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| Main Body | Significance of Bhoodan Movement: 1. Over a span of 20 years, a total of 4 million acres of land was shared across the country through this movement. 2. It promoted redistribution of land making agricultural labourers owners of the land, thereby increasing agricultural production. 3. The core belief of land being a gift of earth which belonged to everyone made its way into minds of everyone. 4. It also concerned itself with the furtherance of Sarvodaya society, a non-violent constructive programme of transformation of India’s social structure through a radical change in values. 5. Over the period, its scope was enlarged to Gramdan movement where the Gandhian idea of Trusteeship was emphasised. Challenges faced a. Often the donors donated the useless and infertile land merely for name sake, thereby defeating the very purpose. b. Instead of inculcating democratic values, it reinforced the old values of Patron-Client relations. c. Bhoodan aimed to help only the landless villagers, and left out the semi landless or those villagers who possess some land but still work as cultivating labourers. d. Later, many problems seeped into the movement such as slow progress, bribery, donating bogus land etc. | |
| Conclusion | It must be noted that successful implementation of land reform through Bhoodan movement and redistribution is key to address issues of agrarian distress, farmer suicides etc. According to some records however, still some experts feel that , 23 lakh acre Bhoodan land remains to be distributed, which must be fastracked to address the agrarian distress. | |
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