Which one of the following statements about the Bhoodan Movement is correct ?

The Bhoodan Movement, initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951, was a voluntary land reform initiative aimed at addressing land inequality through non-violence [1]. The movement's specific target was to collect 50 million acres of land, which represented approximately one-sixth of the total cultivable land in India at that time. This target was based on the principle that every family should donate a portion of their land to the landless, effectively treating the landless as a sixth son in the family. While the movement began in Pochampally, Telangana (not Bihar), with a donation from Vedre Ram Chandra Reddy, it later spread across India [2]. Although some states later passed Bhoodan Acts to facilitate the transfer of donated land, the movement itself was a voluntary social crusade rather than a Central Government Act. Many donations faced legal hurdles and were not free from litigation, leading to implementation challenges.

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1. [1] http://indianculture.gov.in/digital-district-repository/district-repository/bhoodan-movement
2. [2] NCERT. (2022). Contemporary India II: Textbook in Geography for Class X (Revised ed.). NCERT. > Chapter 4: The Age of Industrialisation > Bhoodan – Gramdan > p. 88