Best Record in Land Reforms

West Bengal continues to hold the foremost position in land

reforms in the country. Total agricultural land distributed in West

Bengal amounts to over 11.28 lakh acres upto February 2010. Over

30.1 lakh farmers have benefited from the land reforms

programme, 55% of whom belong to dalit or adivasi households.

With a view to empowering women, 6.15 lakh joint pattas and 1.62

lakh female pattas have been distributed. Through recording of

sharecroppers (barga), which forms an important component of

land reforms, another 15.13 lakh farmers have benefited. West

Bengal accounts for 54% of all land reform beneficiaries in

the entire country till date.