A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... rents and tenant purchase , consolidation of fragmented holdings , ceilings on current holdings and future acquisition , and several enact- ments or provisions relating to agricultural workers , cooperative farming and state management ...
... rents and tenant purchase , consolidation of fragmented holdings , ceilings on current holdings and future acquisition , and several enact- ments or provisions relating to agricultural workers , cooperative farming and state management ...
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... again revised under the Bombay Revenue Code of 1879 the ryots . which provided for assessments based on the contract rents rather than a calculated value . This form of revenue system is generally connected with the - 8 -
... again revised under the Bombay Revenue Code of 1879 the ryots . which provided for assessments based on the contract rents rather than a calculated value . This form of revenue system is generally connected with the - 8 -
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... rent according to terms which they could neither read or understand . Furthermore these laws referred only to a small class of tenants who already had fixity of possession and permanent rate of rent . At the other end of the tenant ...
... rent according to terms which they could neither read or understand . Furthermore these laws referred only to a small class of tenants who already had fixity of possession and permanent rate of rent . At the other end of the tenant ...
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... rental enhancement and ejectment . ther laws dealt with the form and payment of rents , granting of receipts , and ... rent payments either in cash or in kind . Relatively little concern was shown over the matter of tenancy in the ...
... rental enhancement and ejectment . ther laws dealt with the form and payment of rents , granting of receipts , and ... rent payments either in cash or in kind . Relatively little concern was shown over the matter of tenancy in the ...
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... rent acts of the mid - 1800's . The Bengal Rent Act of 1859 divided the settled cultivators of Bengal into classes , and accordingly conferred upon the cultivators various rights of occupancy and fixity of rentals . Landlords were ...
... rent acts of the mid - 1800's . The Bengal Rent Act of 1859 divided the settled cultivators of Bengal into classes , and accordingly conferred upon the cultivators various rights of occupancy and fixity of rentals . Landlords were ...
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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.