242630 By the first decade of the nineteenth century, the situation in Bengal changed; prices in the market rose and cultivation slowly expanded. Under Permanent Settlement, this meant an increase in the income of the zamindars but no gain for the Company, because the revenue it could demand had been fixed permanently (hence the name Permanent Settlement). But even then the zamindars did not have an interest in improving the land. Why?
242630 By the first decade of the nineteenth century, the situation in Bengal changed; prices in the market rose and cultivation slowly expanded. Under Permanent Settlement, this meant an increase in the income of the zamindars but no gain for the Company, because the revenue it could demand had been fixed permanently (hence the name Permanent Settlement). But even then the zamindars did not have an interest in improving the land. Why?
242630 By the first decade of the nineteenth century, the situation in Bengal changed; prices in the market rose and cultivation slowly expanded. Under Permanent Settlement, this meant an increase in the income of the zamindars but no gain for the Company, because the revenue it could demand had been fixed permanently (hence the name Permanent Settlement). But even then the zamindars did not have an interest in improving the land. Why?
242630 By the first decade of the nineteenth century, the situation in Bengal changed; prices in the market rose and cultivation slowly expanded. Under Permanent Settlement, this meant an increase in the income of the zamindars but no gain for the Company, because the revenue it could demand had been fixed permanently (hence the name Permanent Settlement). But even then the zamindars did not have an interest in improving the land. Why?