Agriculture Commissions

Question 1

Commission Name & Chairman

Answer 1

Details & Viceroy/Governor-General

Question 2

Indigo Commission & WS Seton-Kar

Answer 2

Created in response to the Indigo Revolt, to investigate the Indigo Cultivation system, Lord Canning

Question 3

Irrigation Commission & Sir Scott Crieff

Answer 3

Prepare a comprehensive irrigation plan and formulate a budgetary framework for irrigation expenditures, Lord Curzon

Question 4

Linlithgow Commission & Lord Linlithgow

Answer 4

To study the problem in agriculture (including veterinary research, marketing and credit) and rural economy, Lord Irwin

Question 5

Maxwell-Broomfield Commission & Sir RM Maxwell and S. Broomfield

Answer 5

Constructed in aftermath of Bardoli Satyagraha, Reduced increased land demand to 6.03%, Lord Irwin

Question 6

Floud Commission & Sir Francis Floud

Answer 6

Established by government of Bengal to enquire into land revenue administration, recommended abolition of the Permanent Settlement, Lord Willingdon

Question 7

Foodgrains Policy Committee & Theodore Gregory

Answer 7

To focus on food availability, supplies, distribution and Prices, Lord Wavell