A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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Page 31
... . 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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... landless peasants and workers . All States taken together showed a potential of 2.7 million surplus acres if laws were fully implemented . This is equivalent to .8 percent of the cultivated acreage . At the average holding size of 6.49 ...
... landless peasants and workers . All States taken together showed a potential of 2.7 million surplus acres if laws were fully implemented . This is equivalent to .8 percent of the cultivated acreage . At the average holding size of 6.49 ...
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... landless . Donations of money and other resources are solicited from the non- agricultural sector . By mid 1967 , Bhoodan had received donations of about 4.3 million acres , about 1.2 million of which have been distributed ...
... landless . Donations of money and other resources are solicited from the non- agricultural sector . By mid 1967 , Bhoodan had received donations of about 4.3 million acres , about 1.2 million of which have been distributed ...
Page 59
... landless probably encouraged the implementation of land reform . Although the collections themselves were not spectacular the movement has enhanced public awareness of the problems of the landless . IV . EFFECTS OF LAND REFORM The ...
... landless probably encouraged the implementation of land reform . Although the collections themselves were not spectacular the movement has enhanced public awareness of the problems of the landless . IV . EFFECTS OF LAND REFORM The ...
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... landless laborers . extremely large increase in laborers in U.P. results from the prohibition of leasing ( there is evidence this is definitional at least in part ) . The The According to Kalra 1 / " The demand for agricultural ...
... landless laborers . extremely large increase in laborers in U.P. results from the prohibition of leasing ( there is evidence this is definitional at least in part ) . The The According to Kalra 1 / " The demand for agricultural ...
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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.