Tamil Nadu reconstituted Bhoodan Board

TNPSC Current Affairs - March 2018 by TNPSC Guru 

• Tamil Nadu government has reconstituted Bhoodan Board after its expiry of more than 4 years.
• Bhoodan Board was reconstituted under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister for Khadhi G.Baskaran and other 14 other official and non-official members
• The aim of the board is to regulate the lands received through donation, transfer the title to the name of Bhoodan board and to distribute it to the landless poor

About Bhoodan board: 

• Bhoodan Board is formed after Bhoodhan Yagna Movement started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 at Pochampally,Telangana.
• It is also known as Land gift Movement.
• Acharya Vinoba Bhava started padha yatra across several disctrict of Tamil Nadu from 1956 to 1957 and received land as donation for movement.
• To regulate such lands and transfer of name title to the Bhoodan Board and to distribute the lands to the landless poor, Tamilnadu Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1958 was enacted .