A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... important in the relationship between the Indian cultivator and his land . Despite its setbacks and alteration under the British , the village still preserves its primacy and recently has been the focus of several programs for economic ...
... important in the relationship between the Indian cultivator and his land . Despite its setbacks and alteration under the British , the village still preserves its primacy and recently has been the focus of several programs for economic ...
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... important feature of the tenure development in India is its relationship to the revenue system . Whether under the rule of the East India Company or the Crown , the fundamental objective of revenue maximization remained the same ; in ...
... important feature of the tenure development in India is its relationship to the revenue system . Whether under the rule of the East India Company or the Crown , the fundamental objective of revenue maximization remained the same ; in ...
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... important innovation in the revenue system . The recognition of a more subtle form of property right than the absolute ownership concept in the British Isles was in itself notable . And what of the effect of the British revenue system - 9 -
... important innovation in the revenue system . The recognition of a more subtle form of property right than the absolute ownership concept in the British Isles was in itself notable . And what of the effect of the British revenue system - 9 -
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... important function ; it was through the village panchayat that payment was made ( in kind ) for the services of the artisans , holdings were regulated , common lands were utilized and other legal and social measures were performed ...
... important function ; it was through the village panchayat that payment was made ( in kind ) for the services of the artisans , holdings were regulated , common lands were utilized and other legal and social measures were performed ...
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... important for the purpose here is to recognize the tenuous claim to ownership rights held by the present landholders . The autonomy and isolation of the village community , the system of joint ownership , the distant relationship with ...
... important for the purpose here is to recognize the tenuous claim to ownership rights held by the present landholders . The autonomy and isolation of the village community , the system of joint ownership , the distant relationship with ...
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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.