Why the waste land rules were enacted? what were its effects on the lives of the pastoralists?

(a) Causes: The colonial government wanted to transform all grazing land into
cultivated land to increase its revenue. It could at the same time produce more jute, cotton, wheat and other agricultural produce that were required in England. Such land that produced neither produce nor revenue was considered ‘waste land’.
(b) Effects on the lives of pastoralists: By these rules uncultivated lands were taken over and given to select individuals. These individuals were granted various concessions and encouraged to settle on these lands. Some of them were made headmen of villages in the newly cleared areas. In most areas the lands taken over were actually grazing tracts used regularly by pastoralists. So expansion of cultivation inevitably meant the decline of pastures and a problem for pastoralists.