A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... permanently settled ( zamindari ) area problems of quasi - tenants remain . Widespread evasion of tenancy legislation has taken place but it has had a measure of success in reducing absentee ownership . Ceilings on holdings caused ...
... permanently settled ( zamindari ) area problems of quasi - tenants remain . Widespread evasion of tenancy legislation has taken place but it has had a measure of success in reducing absentee ownership . Ceilings on holdings caused ...
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... Permanent Lord Cornwallis . Settlement was established . It was a time of severe exploitation . In spite of the urgings of many of the British leaders in India such as Bentinck , Munro in Madras , and Elphinstone in Bombay , no genuine ...
... Permanent Lord Cornwallis . Settlement was established . It was a time of severe exploitation . In spite of the urgings of many of the British leaders in India such as Bentinck , Munro in Madras , and Elphinstone in Bombay , no genuine ...
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... permanent settlement scheme fell into disfavor . Particular opposition arose when a settlement for Punjab was anticipated ; it was felt by the Government of Punjab that a permanent settlement at the time would result in a great loss of ...
... permanent settlement scheme fell into disfavor . Particular opposition arose when a settlement for Punjab was anticipated ; it was felt by the Government of Punjab that a permanent settlement at the time would result in a great loss of ...
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... permanent settlement for the north India provinces had been abandoned in 1821 . The classification of lands , " proprietary estates temporarily settled " sprang into prominence in Regulation VII of 1822 , which provided for complete ...
... permanent settlement for the north India provinces had been abandoned in 1821 . The classification of lands , " proprietary estates temporarily settled " sprang into prominence in Regulation VII of 1822 , which provided for complete ...
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... permanent rate of rent . At the other end of the tenant ladder were those cultivators who worked the zamindar's private lands . In between these two grades was the large class of " khud - kasht " tenants who were permanent resident ...
... permanent rate of rent . At the other end of the tenant ladder were those cultivators who worked the zamindar's private lands . In between these two grades was the large class of " khud - kasht " tenants who were permanent resident ...
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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.