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Revision note: Land Reforms, Planning and Economic Nation-Building


  • Land reform: zamindari abolition (UP Act 1950–51), tenancy, ceilings (1972 guidelines), consolidation
  • 1st Amendment 1951 created Ninth Schedule; Operation Barga 1978 (W. Bengal); Kerala 1969
  • Bhoodan: Vinoba Bhave, Pochampally, April 1951 → Gramdan
  • Planning Commission March 1950; NDC 1952; 1st Plan Harrod–Domar, 2nd Plan Mahalanobis (heavy industry)
  • Plan holidays 1966–69; Green Revolution from 1966–67 (C. Subramaniam, M.S. Swaminathan, Borlaug)
  • Operation Flood 1970 (Verghese Kurien, NDDB, Amul)
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