13.what was colonial agrarian policy?state its 2 impacts.
The effects of colonial agrarian policies on peasants and landlords were as follows -
1) The agrarian structure was feudal in nature. The feudals formed the surplus appropriating class and the peasants, the cultivating class.
2) Land was not private property as understood today, but the peasants had hereditary and customary rights for land cultivation.
3) The land revenue extracted from the peasants varied between 1 /3rd to 1/5th of the, gross produce. The land revenue was payable to the King, directly or through his intermediaries who were the chiefs, the assignees, the grantees, the revenue farmers.
4) They maximized revenue collection to the extent possible.
5) The concept of private property was thought to increase agricultural production and productivity and thereby, ensuring revenue stability for government.
1) The agrarian structure was feudal in nature. The feudals formed the surplus appropriating class and the peasants, the cultivating class.
2) Land was not private property as understood today, but the peasants had hereditary and customary rights for land cultivation.
3) The land revenue extracted from the peasants varied between 1 /3rd to 1/5th of the, gross produce. The land revenue was payable to the King, directly or through his intermediaries who were the chiefs, the assignees, the grantees, the revenue farmers.
4) They maximized revenue collection to the extent possible.
5) The concept of private property was thought to increase agricultural production and productivity and thereby, ensuring revenue stability for government.