A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... PUNJAB J HARYANA RAJASTHAN GUJARAT CHINA NEPAL UTTAR PRADESH INDIA NEW STATES WITH SIKKIM , BHUTAN , JAMMU AND KASHMIR International boundary State or union territory boundary BIHAR MADHYA PRADESH DIU 20- DAMAO MAHARASHTRA -10- ORISSA ...
... PUNJAB J HARYANA RAJASTHAN GUJARAT CHINA NEPAL UTTAR PRADESH INDIA NEW STATES WITH SIKKIM , BHUTAN , JAMMU AND KASHMIR International boundary State or union territory boundary BIHAR MADHYA PRADESH DIU 20- DAMAO MAHARASHTRA -10- ORISSA ...
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... Punjab was anticipated ; it was felt by the Government of Punjab that a permanent settlement at the time would result in a great loss of potential revenue inasmuch as the country had not developed . 1 / Discussions concerning the ...
... Punjab was anticipated ; it was felt by the Government of Punjab that a permanent settlement at the time would result in a great loss of potential revenue inasmuch as the country had not developed . 1 / Discussions concerning the ...
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... Punjab where the share of the revenue from each land- holder was separable so that the system was virtually ryotwari in nature . Thus the mahalwari settlements were an important innovation in the revenue system . The recognition of a ...
... Punjab where the share of the revenue from each land- holder was separable so that the system was virtually ryotwari in nature . Thus the mahalwari settlements were an important innovation in the revenue system . The recognition of a ...
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... Punjab , and United Provinces area . Various forms of individual holding were found in the remainder of India . The village , to a large extent , governed itself . That is , it assumed a great deal of autonomy with respect to the ...
... Punjab , and United Provinces area . Various forms of individual holding were found in the remainder of India . The village , to a large extent , governed itself . That is , it assumed a great deal of autonomy with respect to the ...
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... Punjab . The first Oudh Rent Act was passed in 1868. The Oudh Act gave fixity of tenure to certain classes of tenants , and prohibited the enhancement of rents . The Punjab Tenant Act of 1868 provided for the occupancy rights of tenants ...
... Punjab . The first Oudh Rent Act was passed in 1868. The Oudh Act gave fixity of tenure to certain classes of tenants , and prohibited the enhancement of rents . The Punjab Tenant Act of 1868 provided for the occupancy rights of tenants ...
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administration agrarian reforms Agric agricultural amended Andhra Pradesh Bihar Land Reforms Bombay British rule caste ceilings century classes compensation Congress consolidation of holdings cooperative crops cultivators Delhi districts Econ economic effect enactment ex-intermediaries farmers Five Year Plan Government of India Gujarat Implementation of Land improved income distribution increase independence Indian Journ inputs intermediary interests irrigation K. B. Sahay Kerala khas possession land reform legislation land reform program Land Reforms Act land revenue land tenure landholding landless laborers landlords landowners Madhya Pradesh Madras Maharashtra ment million acres moneylenders Mysore Orissa Oudh output owners ownership payment peasant peasantry percent period Planning Commission political population production Punjab raiyat Rajasthan records redistribution reform in India region rent rights in land Rural India ryotwari Section sector security of tenure social Survey talukdars tenants tenure-holders Thorner Uttar Pradesh village West Bengal Zamindari Abolition zamindars
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Page 54 - It is hard to think of anything more likely to lift up the spirits of masses of depressed or "backward" folk. Carried out properly, such a step might even lead to a real burst of enthusiasm, a genuine release of energy among the working peasantry. Their rights in land would increase and so would their share of the land's product. They would forthwith want more food, clothing and non-luxury housing materials ; in time they would want other commodities, some of the better things of life, and more education...
Page 31 - These recommendations relate to: — (1) Abolition of Intermediaries; (2) Tenancy reforms, eg, security of tenure to the tenants, provision of fair rents and a right of purchase for the tenants; (3) Fixation of ceiling on land holding and the distribution of the surplus land; (4) Improvement of the conditions of the agricultural workers; and (5) Co-operative organisation of agriculture with the ultimate objective of cooperative village management.