A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... collection . During the Hindu period , the 1 / Fifteen hundred B.C. is the approximate date given to the Aryan invasion of India . The Dravids were driven mostly to the south where they formed isolated pockets that were subject to ...
... collection . During the Hindu period , the 1 / Fifteen hundred B.C. is the approximate date given to the Aryan invasion of India . The Dravids were driven mostly to the south where they formed isolated pockets that were subject to ...
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United States. Agency for International Development. village leader was directly responsible for the collection and ... collected through a village headman or zamindar . 1 / See M. S. Randhawa . Longmans Ltd. Rev. ed . 1951 . Developing ...
United States. Agency for International Development. village leader was directly responsible for the collection and ... collected through a village headman or zamindar . 1 / See M. S. Randhawa . Longmans Ltd. Rev. ed . 1951 . Developing ...
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... collections were farmed out to local headmen or " zamindars " who received a portion of the revenue , usually about ... collection . The end result was a substantial diminution of the rights of the cultivators or ryots . The permanently ...
... collections were farmed out to local headmen or " zamindars " who received a portion of the revenue , usually about ... collection . The end result was a substantial diminution of the rights of the cultivators or ryots . The permanently ...
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... collection -- was employed in the Mahalwari system of northern and northwestern India . The mahalwari ( village ) ... collected from the village . The individual cul- tivators were generally responsible for a certain share of the revenue ...
... collection -- was employed in the Mahalwari system of northern and northwestern India . The mahalwari ( village ) ... collected from the village . The individual cul- tivators were generally responsible for a certain share of the revenue ...
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... collection and likewise . the inevitable result of the introduction of the European idea of ' land- lord ' and ' tenant ' both worked directly against the old ' khud - kasht ' tenant , though , of course , not designedly . " 1 / 1 ...
... collection and likewise . the inevitable result of the introduction of the European idea of ' land- lord ' and ' tenant ' both worked directly against the old ' khud - kasht ' tenant , though , of course , not designedly . " 1 / 1 ...
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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.