In this book , among other things, the author discusses the role and importance of the Press and the restrictions on its freedom in India in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, covering : Regulations of 1799; Ordinance of 1823; Metcalf’s Act of 1835; Act of 1857; Indian Penal Code, 1860; The Press & Registration of Books Act, 1867; Vernacular Press Act, 1878; Criminal Procedure Code, 1898; Acts of 1908 and 1910; Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1913 and the Defence of India Regulations, 1914; Official Secrets Act, 1923; The Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act, 1931; The Press (Objectionable Matter) Act, 1951; The Press (Objectionable Matter) Repealing Act, 1957; The Prevention of Publication of Objectionable Matter (Repeal) Act, 1977; The Defamation Bill, 1988 and its aftermath... The Law of Crimes of Defamation; and the Jammu & Kashmir Press Bill, 1989.

Based on the work done for a period of 5 years the study deals with ways and means which the communist parties adopt to overcome political, administrative and juridical problems in the process of implementation of agrarian reforms. The substantial part of the study is devoted to the examination of the political economy of the radical land reforms. The study concludes with a note on what is communistic about agrarian reforms in the left-led/dominated states in India in terms of cooperativisation of agriculture towards building social formations in embryonic form as centres of class struggle and socialist education and propaganda.