A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... paid the land will revert to the custody of the government . Although this tenure is generally regarded as a " peasant proprietorship , " there is nothing inherent in the ryotwari to prevent tenancy . In a third type of revenue system ...
... paid the land will revert to the custody of the government . Although this tenure is generally regarded as a " peasant proprietorship , " there is nothing inherent in the ryotwari to prevent tenancy . In a third type of revenue system ...
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... paid his taxes . Most of the tenancies of the ryotwari are a were made with the cultivator as a tenant - at - will with rent payments either in cash or in kind . Relatively little concern was shown over the matter of tenancy in the ...
... paid his taxes . Most of the tenancies of the ryotwari are a were made with the cultivator as a tenant - at - will with rent payments either in cash or in kind . Relatively little concern was shown over the matter of tenancy in the ...
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... paid by the zamindar rather than occupant . In the temporary settlement and ryotwari areas , record systems existed but often were poorly kept and often , at the village level , completely useless . The quality of records deteriorated ...
... paid by the zamindar rather than occupant . In the temporary settlement and ryotwari areas , record systems existed but often were poorly kept and often , at the village level , completely useless . The quality of records deteriorated ...
Page 37
... 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 requirements -- usually a ...
... 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 requirements -- usually a ...
Page 39
... paid by tenant to landlord . Continued Table Rent and Security of Tenure ( Continued ) State. Andhra Pradesh . Assam Bihar Gujarat Kerala : Andhra area : gross of produce ; 28 1 / 3 % of produce on land irrigated by baling ; Hyderabad ...
... paid by tenant to landlord . Continued Table Rent and Security of Tenure ( Continued ) State. Andhra Pradesh . Assam Bihar Gujarat Kerala : Andhra area : gross of produce ; 28 1 / 3 % of produce on land irrigated by baling ; Hyderabad ...
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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.