{"id":23882,"date":"2020-06-23T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T10:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=23882"},"modified":"2020-06-23T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T10:50:12","slug":"karnataka-government-to-sale-the-agricultural-land-to-help-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/karnataka-government-to-sale-the-agricultural-land-to-help-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka government to sale the agricultural land to help farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Karnataka government has decided to open the land market by allowing non-agriculturists to purchase agricultural land, remove income restrictions imposed on the buyers\u2019 non-agricultural income, and increase the maximum permissible size of holdings by an individual or family and by larger families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The government plans to amend the Karnataka Land Reform Act, 1961, in the next legislative session to reflect these changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will push the agricultural land market in the state from a thin one to a thick one, and help farmers trapped in low- productivity agriculture exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governments in most states prevented non-farmers from buying farm land, worried that businessmen would take advantage of a bad harvest and buy land from farmers at fire-sale prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost every state imposed a maximum land holding to break up the zamindari system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State governments imposed income restrictions on buyers\u2019 non-agricultural income to prevent rich zamindar families with diverse income sources from exploiting poor farmers rendered helpless by financial difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karnataka\u2019s reforms have the potential to unleash enormous gains from trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reform will help farmers, otherwise trapped in low productivity and poverty, get the best possible prices for their largest asset holding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Karnataka government has decided to open the land market by allowing non-agriculturists to purchase agricultural land, remove income restrictions imposed on the buyers\u2019 non-agricultural income, and increase the maximum permissible size of holdings by an individual or family and by larger families. 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