Land reforms in India brought reductions toward inequality in land ownership and use of that land for farming. The key steps include:

1. Abolition of Zamindari System: Tenancy became widespread, while the intermediary between landlords and tenants disappeared.

2. Tenancy Reforms: Legal safeguards for tenants, particular those, which prescribed the rights of tenants and established the conditions of security of tenure and reasonable rent.

3. Land Ceiling Acts: These laws require that a person cannot own more than 15 hectares while those in excess of the limit will be taken from them and given to those who do not own any land at all.

4. Consolidation of Landholdings: Small and scattered pieces of land were joined with a view of enhancing the efficiency of agriculture.

5. Land to the Tiller: Other programmes that are very common are those that involve disbursement of the land in order to be owned by those cultivating the land.

These reforms were directed to social justice, poverty minimisation and enhance crop production efficiency .