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What measures do you think the government has taken, or should take, to protect the rights of landless agricultural labourers and migrant workers? |
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Answer» Measures to protect the right of Landless: • Abolition of bonded labour legally: Bandhua mazdoor (bonded labourers) practice in U.P and Bihar, Halpati System in Gujarat and Jeeta System in Karnataka has been legally abolished by Government of India. • Abolition of Zamindari System: The intermediaries between the peasants and the state were Change and Development in RuralSociety the Zamindars. The state very effectively and intensively passed legislation and this system was abolished. • Abolition and regulation act for Tenancy: These laws discouraged tenancy or ‘Batai’ system. In West Bengal and Kerala, where CPI systems government was in power the tenants got the land rights.
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