A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Country papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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... Society ... 74 Indian Economy and Society 74 v . EVALUATION 76 Conclusion and One Recommendation Postscript 78 88888 80 VI . BIBLIOGRAPHY 81 Following Independence in 1947 , the several States of the CONTENTS.
... Society ... 74 Indian Economy and Society 74 v . EVALUATION 76 Conclusion and One Recommendation Postscript 78 88888 80 VI . BIBLIOGRAPHY 81 Following Independence in 1947 , the several States of the CONTENTS.
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... Societies Act of 1912 , but were of little importance in production . Supplies were generally available through local merchants or landlords . Transportation and irrigation . The railway system in India although not designed well for ...
... Societies Act of 1912 , but were of little importance in production . Supplies were generally available through local merchants or landlords . Transportation and irrigation . The railway system in India although not designed well for ...
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... society . " The credit and better farming societies may have been of some political value but their contribution to the progress of land reform is doubtful . Political power directing land reform lay in the Congress party . Since it ...
... society . " The credit and better farming societies may have been of some political value but their contribution to the progress of land reform is doubtful . Political power directing land reform lay in the Congress party . Since it ...
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... societies . India was in need not only of improved means for village level credit but a national credit structure . Agricultural Refinance Corporation was organized under a 1963 act for granting medium term and long term credit by way ...
... societies . India was in need not only of improved means for village level credit but a national credit structure . Agricultural Refinance Corporation was organized under a 1963 act for granting medium term and long term credit by way ...
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... societies . Between 1951 and 1968 increased from Rs . 230 million to nearly Rs . 6 million . Long term credit is ... society 1 / Fourth Five Year Plan , Draft . p . 130 . members pool their land and cultivate it jointly ; individual ...
... societies . Between 1951 and 1968 increased from Rs . 230 million to nearly Rs . 6 million . Long term credit is ... society 1 / Fourth Five Year Plan , Draft . p . 130 . members pool their land and cultivate it jointly ; individual ...
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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.