Land reform measures for the growth of agricultural sector are -

A. Abolition of the Zamindari System

B. Tenancy Reforms.

C. Fixation of Ceiling of Land Holdings.

D. Consolidation of Land Holdings.

E. Co-operative Farming.

A. Abolition of Zamindari System (Intermediaries):

Before independence, intermediary tennures like Zamindri, Talukdaris, Malguzars, Jagirs and Inamdars etc. prevailed in about 40 per cent of the area in the country. This system manifested in the absentee landlordism resulting in high renting, is security of tenure exploitation and backwardness of agriculture. On one side, absentee landlord paid no heed to raise agricultural production.

On the other side, even tenants were disinterested to improve agricultural productivity and failed to cultivate surplus land for economic growth. As a result, landlords and intermediaries, flourished at the cost cultivators while tenants lived a miserable life. Thus, absentee landlordism (Zamindars) were greatly responsible for continuously deteriorating conditions of small cultivators, tenants and share croppers etc.

Defects:

This system has given birth to the moral degradation of the actual tiller of the actual tiller of the land.

However, this system suffered from following serious defects:

1. The govt. lost all contacts with the actual cultivators and hence could do nothing to improve their conditions.

2. It gives rise to absentee landlordism.

3. It was unfair because landlord became parasite and played negative role to raise the agriculture productivity.