A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... major social and economic revolution but a set of conscientiously legislated and executed regulations . The major types of legislation were : abolition of intermediary tenures ( e.g. , the zamindari ) , regulation of rents and tenant ...
... major social and economic revolution but a set of conscientiously legislated and executed regulations . The major types of legislation were : abolition of intermediary tenures ( e.g. , the zamindari ) , regulation of rents and tenant ...
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... , in a sense protected him in the past , it now stood as a major obstacle to his improvement . British industry discouraged the manufacturers and encouraged the primary industries ; resources were directed into agriculture . - 15 -
... , in a sense protected him in the past , it now stood as a major obstacle to his improvement . British industry discouraged the manufacturers and encouraged the primary industries ; resources were directed into agriculture . - 15 -
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... major food crops and oilseeds , and increased only slightly in fibers . The yield per acre of rice fell from 866 lbs in 1929 to 699 lbs in 1948 , and that of wheat fell from 741 lbs to 573 lbs . In 1949 , Japan produced 3462 lbs of rice ...
... major food crops and oilseeds , and increased only slightly in fibers . The yield per acre of rice fell from 866 lbs in 1929 to 699 lbs in 1948 , and that of wheat fell from 741 lbs to 573 lbs . In 1949 , Japan produced 3462 lbs of rice ...
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... major difference is that in the 1951 Census all cultivators holding right of permanent occupancy were regarded as owner cultivators . In the 1931 Census many of these permanent occupants would have been recorded as tenants . The tenure ...
... major difference is that in the 1951 Census all cultivators holding right of permanent occupancy were regarded as owner cultivators . In the 1931 Census many of these permanent occupants would have been recorded as tenants . The tenure ...
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... major movement . 2 / Government of India and the Ford Foundation , in 1952 , expanded the package idea with the establishment of ten Agricultural Projects . In the same year , Government of India and the U. S. Government cooperated in ...
... major movement . 2 / Government of India and the Ford Foundation , in 1952 , expanded the package idea with the establishment of ten Agricultural Projects . In the same year , Government of India and the U. S. Government cooperated in ...
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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.