A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... report refer to states of the late 60's . Some states had boundary and name changes at different times , e.g. , old Madras changed boundary to new Madras then new Madras became Tamil Nadu . For present status , therefore , read Tamil ...
... report refer to states of the late 60's . Some states had boundary and name changes at different times , e.g. , old Madras changed boundary to new Madras then new Madras became Tamil Nadu . For present status , therefore , read Tamil ...
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... report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture , 1 / there is a conspicuous absence of any reference to land policy . A most important feature of the tenure development in India is its relationship to the revenue system . Whether under ...
... report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture , 1 / there is a conspicuous absence of any reference to land policy . A most important feature of the tenure development in India is its relationship to the revenue system . Whether under ...
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... reporting . 3 / Does not include data for Dadra and Nagar Haveli which are non - reporting . Unreported area includes territory in Jammu and Kashmir occupied by Pakistan and China . Source : Adapted from Govt . of India . Ministry of ...
... reporting . 3 / Does not include data for Dadra and Nagar Haveli which are non - reporting . Unreported area includes territory in Jammu and Kashmir occupied by Pakistan and China . Source : Adapted from Govt . of India . Ministry of ...
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... services Total working force 13.3 9.3 143.2 100.0 Population 359.3 * Data derived from Final Report of the National Income Committee , ( Delhi , 1954 ) . The livelihood pattern of the Indian population is seen in - 21 -
... services Total working force 13.3 9.3 143.2 100.0 Population 359.3 * Data derived from Final Report of the National Income Committee , ( Delhi , 1954 ) . The livelihood pattern of the Indian population is seen in - 21 -
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... Report , p . 168 . All - India Rural Credit Survey . Interest rates , as may be expected , were high even though they Interest rates exceeding 25 percent were common . Legal were regulated . maxima ranging from 12 to 18 percent in most ...
... Report , p . 168 . All - India Rural Credit Survey . Interest rates , as may be expected , were high even though they Interest rates exceeding 25 percent were common . Legal were regulated . maxima ranging from 12 to 18 percent in most ...
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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.