A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... given to the Aryan invasion of India . The Dravids were driven mostly to the south where they formed isolated pockets that were subject to little influence from Delhi . It was in the Dravidian areas where tribal customs were more ...
... given to the Aryan invasion of India . The Dravids were driven mostly to the south where they formed isolated pockets that were subject to little influence from Delhi . It was in the Dravidian areas where tribal customs were more ...
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... Cooperative organization was favored as a means for settling landless workers . Panchayats ( village counsels ) were to be given a role in ( 1 ) improving records of rights , ( 2 ) finding lands for displaced tenants , ( - 32 -
... Cooperative organization was favored as a means for settling landless workers . Panchayats ( village counsels ) were to be given a role in ( 1 ) improving records of rights , ( 2 ) finding lands for displaced tenants , ( - 32 -
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... given . Rents actually paid exceed legal maxima -- as high as 3/4 of the produce in Rajasthan and in Maharashtra , for example . Security of tenure provisions confer rights on tenants to continue on their land if they meet certain ...
... given . Rents actually paid exceed legal maxima -- as high as 3/4 of the produce in Rajasthan and in Maharashtra , for example . Security of tenure provisions confer rights on tenants to continue on their land if they meet certain ...
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... given to areas to be irrigated , areas with heavy rainfall , and community project areas . Progress in Consolidation of Holdings is shown in Table pg . 45 . Progress varies widely . Uttar Pradesh made consolidation a major component in ...
... given to areas to be irrigated , areas with heavy rainfall , and community project areas . Progress in Consolidation of Holdings is shown in Table pg . 45 . Progress varies widely . Uttar Pradesh made consolidation a major component in ...
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... argument ; and also Neale , Economic Change in Rural India , pp . 121-140 . Full citations for all works cited are given in the Bibliography . Prologue Immediately after independence and the consolidation of the princely LR - UP - WCN 1.
... argument ; and also Neale , Economic Change in Rural India , pp . 121-140 . Full citations for all works cited are given in the Bibliography . Prologue Immediately after independence and the consolidation of the princely LR - UP - WCN 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.