The primary objective of land reforms implemented in India after independence was to:
Reduce inequalities in land ownership and abolish intermediaries.
Land reforms after independence aimed at social justice in the countryside: abolition of intermediaries such as zamindars and jagirdars, tenancy reforms (security of tenure, fair rent), ceilings on landholdings and redistribution of surplus land to the landless.
Their main goal was therefore to reduce inequalities in land ownership and remove intermediaries between the state and the tiller. Consolidation of holdings was only one supporting measure, and the reforms were not meant to promote large commercial farms or export cash crops.
Hence, the answer is Reduce inequalities in land ownership and abolish intermediaries.
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