A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... crop but at times went as high as one - fourth for emergencies . Most noteworthy are the vestiges of the concept of joint or communal ownership that are found in the present - day tenure structure . It is through the medium of the ...
... crop but at times went as high as one - fourth for emergencies . Most noteworthy are the vestiges of the concept of joint or communal ownership that are found in the present - day tenure structure . It is through the medium of the ...
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... performed . Under the British administration payment of land revenue was demanded in money . cottage industries declined and commercial crops were developed , money As became more important . The cultivator became subject not only - 10-
... performed . Under the British administration payment of land revenue was demanded in money . cottage industries declined and commercial crops were developed , money As became more important . The cultivator became subject not only - 10-
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... crop failure , reduce interest and principal payments on rent in arrears , represent examples of the government's efforts to reduce hardship on the ryots . Although the measures were usually local , weak , and unaccompanied by ...
... crop failure , reduce interest and principal payments on rent in arrears , represent examples of the government's efforts to reduce hardship on the ryots . Although the measures were usually local , weak , and unaccompanied by ...
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... crops and groves 49.2 7.0 : 10.4 1.4 • Cultivable waste 56.6 8.0 43.0 5.7 · Fallow lands 69.4 9.9 50.1 6.6 Current ... crop- land . ( See chart pg . 18 ) Opportunities for expansion extensively , therefore , were limited . New areas had ...
... crops and groves 49.2 7.0 : 10.4 1.4 • Cultivable waste 56.6 8.0 43.0 5.7 · Fallow lands 69.4 9.9 50.1 6.6 Current ... crop- land . ( See chart pg . 18 ) Opportunities for expansion extensively , therefore , were limited . New areas had ...
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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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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.