The Permanent Settlement focused on fixing revenue demand and creating a loyal class of zamindars, but it failed to protect the rights of the cultivators adequately due to a lack of checks on the zamindars' power over tenants.
Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the zamindars were required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the zamindars. The reason was
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2001 · Topic: Economic Impact of British Rule on India (Impact of Land Revenue Systems (Permanent Settlement, Ryotwari, Mahalwari))
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Answer: B. there was no official check upon the zamindars
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