A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... century had very little effect on the tenure structure except that in this period of political upheaval the weakening of the central government permitted some encroachments on the rights of the ryot . In this respect , there was some ...
... century had very little effect on the tenure structure except that in this period of political upheaval the weakening of the central government permitted some encroachments on the rights of the ryot . In this respect , there was some ...
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United States. Agency for International Development. Until late in the 18th century England was concerned primarily with its struggle with France for supremacy in the East as well as the New World . The passage of Pitt's India Act of ...
United States. Agency for International Development. Until late in the 18th century England was concerned primarily with its struggle with France for supremacy in the East as well as the New World . The passage of Pitt's India Act of ...
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... century . Most discussions of tenancy in these areas were general ly associated with other forms of tenure that were not strictly of the peasant - proprietorship types , for example , the taluqdari and khoti of Bombay or zamindari of ...
... century . Most discussions of tenancy in these areas were general ly associated with other forms of tenure that were not strictly of the peasant - proprietorship types , for example , the taluqdari and khoti of Bombay or zamindari of ...
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... the 1880 Famine Commission . Crop and livestock production , irrigation , and similar information is available through the 1 / Thirumalai , p . 85 . Ministry of Agriculture 1 / for most of this century - 18 - Production.
... the 1880 Famine Commission . Crop and livestock production , irrigation , and similar information is available through the 1 / Thirumalai , p . 85 . Ministry of Agriculture 1 / for most of this century - 18 - Production.
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... century and much of the last . A national soil survey did not exist . Land revenue statistics were available but they are of little use in determining land values . Compared to many less - developed countries , India was relatively well ...
... century and much of the last . A national soil survey did not exist . Land revenue statistics were available but they are of little use in determining land values . Compared to many less - developed countries , India was relatively well ...
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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 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 occupancy rights 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.