A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... groups from time to time , legislation has been widely passed . Obstacles to land reform have more commonly been in the form of local and individual resistance . In the case of the Bhoodan land gifts movement , land reform has , to some ...
... groups from time to time , legislation has been widely passed . Obstacles to land reform have more commonly been in the form of local and individual resistance . In the case of the Bhoodan land gifts movement , land reform has , to some ...
Page 50
... groups of five villages , each group being served by a village level worker . Objectives of the community development are increasing agricultural output , lowering unemployment , improve village communication , improve education ...
... groups of five villages , each group being served by a village level worker . Objectives of the community development are increasing agricultural output , lowering unemployment , improve village communication , improve education ...
Page 58
... groups were relatively inactive . Although support of peasantry was sought there is little doubt that initiative lay with the Central and State Governments . As indicated elsewhere , cooperatives have been encouraged as the appropriate ...
... groups were relatively inactive . Although support of peasantry was sought there is little doubt that initiative lay with the Central and State Governments . As indicated elsewhere , cooperatives have been encouraged as the appropriate ...
Page 71
... group . As Mellor 1 / and others have indicated , the high yielding varieties have a desirable effect on the ... groups . In some areas , employment may be adversely affected by changing methods of production . " broadening the ...
... group . As Mellor 1 / and others have indicated , the high yielding varieties have a desirable effect on the ... groups . In some areas , employment may be adversely affected by changing methods of production . " broadening the ...
Page 72
... groups had no access anyway . Credit cooperatives have expanded their role immensely although much of this expansion is recent , i.e. , after what we called the reform period . But as Myrdal points out " credit cooperatives have become ...
... groups had no access anyway . Credit cooperatives have expanded their role immensely although much of this expansion is recent , i.e. , after what we called the reform period . But as Myrdal points out " credit cooperatives have become ...
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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.