What is the Munro System? Give two reasons why this system failed?

Instructions:
This answer to this question can be broken down into two parts.

1. Explain in 1-2 sentences what is the Munro system. (1 mark)
2. Write two reasons why it failed. (2 marks)

Solution:

• In the Munro system, the revenue should be collected directly from the cultivators or Ryots who worked on the land for generations. Their fields had to be carefully and separately surveyed before the revenue assessment was made.
• Two reasons why this system failed:
• To make more income, the revenue officials fixed a very high revenue amount
• Farmers were unable to pay they fled to the countryside and the village was deserted.