SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Solution. The Indian national legislature decided in 1959 that agrarian legislation limiting the extent of land holdings should be enacted in all states by the end of the year. With the exception of the north-eastern region, all state governments set land limitations in the 1960s.

Detailed explanation-2: -India Code: UTTAR PRADESH IMPOSITION OF CEILING ON LAND HOLDINGS ACT, 1960. Go! Section 17A.

Detailed explanation-3: -By 1961-62, ceiling legislation had been passed in all the states and it became one of the controversial measures of land reforms in India. The levels vary from State to State, and are different for food and cash crops. The ceiling on existing holdings varies from 20 acres to 125 acres.