WEST BENGAL LAND REFORMS BILL

Chowdhury's estimates are correct, about half the agriculturists in this state stand to gain by this measure. Further, an earlier amendment, first introduced in 1970, fixed the landowner's share at one-quarter or one- half of the gross produce depending on whether or not the hargadar bears at least a part of the material costs of cultivation. Thus landlords who farm out most of their area among small bargadars now face economic disaster.