Prologue Topic#1: Consolidation of Land Holdings What is Consolidation of Land holdings? Why do we need Consolidation of Land holdings? What are the methods of Land consolidation? #1: Voluntary Consolidation #2: Compulsory Consolidation (+ve) Land Consolidation: Benefits, Advantages, Positive [...]
What is cooperative Farming? Why Cooperative farming? India towards Cooperative Farming Cooperative Farming vs Five Year Plans Cooperative Farming: Limitations/Epicfail Miscalculations and false hopes Bogus farms and apathetic bureaucrats Free riders What is cooperative Farming? Cooperative farming refers to [...]
Bhu-Adhikar Abhiyan, MP, 1996 Janadesh, 2007 Jan Satyagraha 2012 #1: General Demands #2: PESA related Demands: #3: Forest Rights Act (FRA) related Demands Outcome of Jan Satyagraha 2012? Bhu-Adhikar Abhiyan, MP, 1996 Ekta Parishad is an NGO from Madhya [...]
Great Land Struggle, 1970s Land for Tillers Freedom (LAFTI), Tamil Nadu, 80s Land Satyagraha, Chattisgarh, late 80s Great Land Struggle, 1970s WHEN 1970s WHO? Bhartiya Khet Mazdoor Union, All India Kisan Sabha and Communist Party of India Nearly 15 [...]
Prologue Bhoodan Movement (Donation of Land) Bhoodan: Mechanism/procedure/features Bhoodan: Positive Bhoodan: Obstacles, Limitations, Problems Gramdan (Donation of the Entire Village) Gramdan: Concept/Principles Gramdan Mechanism Gramdan: Benefits Pardi Satyagraha, Gujarat, 50s Mock Questions Prologue So far we’ve seen: British Tenure [...]
Land Reforms: Overall Negative Jurisdiction Outdated Land records Problem in North East Lack of budgetary $upport Bureaucratic apathy Lack of Votebank Powerless Panchyat Lack of Civil Society/NGO action The Naxal Angle: Appu Land reforms: Overall Positive Land Reforms: Overall [...]
Tenancy Reforms: Obstacles/Limitations #1: Women did not benefit #2: SC/ST did not benefit #3: Green Revolution=land grabbing #4: Personal Cultivation Tenancy Reforms: Benefits #1: Rise of New Politics #2: Social Justice #3: More investment Tenancy Reforms: Obstacles/Limitations In the [...]
Prologue Land Reform Tool #3: Tenancy Reforms Element1: Landowner’s right to lease Element2: Landowner’s right to Personal Cultivation Element3: Tenant’s right against eviction & high rent Element4: Tenant’s right to surrender Element5: Tenant’s Right to ownership Misc. rights to [...]
Second stage: 1972 onwards 34th Amendment Land Ceiling: problems/ limitations/obstacles #Epicfail in UttarPradesh Land reform Delayed is land reform denied Hardly any ‘redistribution’ Lack of Auxiliary Support Lack of Political Mobilization Lack of Administrative will FYP did not give [...]
Ceiling Phase 1: Freedom to 1972 Salient Features Limitations/Failures of Land Ceiling (‘47-‘72) Negative#1: No redistribution Negative#2: Family vs Individual Negative#3: Land ceilings too high Negative#4: Exempted land categories Negative#5: Delay in Law Making Negative#6: History repeats Ceiling Phase [...]
Prologue What is Land Ceiling? Why Ceiling on Land holdings? Land Ceiling in India Land Ceilings: Benefits/Advantages/Positive Points With political Will Production increased Employment increased Naxal reduced Social Justice Growth of New political parties Land Ceiling: Pro and Anti [...]
Prologue What is Land reform? Land reforms: broad vs narrow sense What are the objectives of Land reforms? Increase production social justice Economic development Improve standard of living Post-Freedom: Towards land reforms Why Abolish Zamindari? First Amendment, 1951 #1: [...]
Prologue #1: Land reforms Congress in Provincial Governments 1937 @Bihar @Uttar Pradesh @Bombay @Other Provinces Overall Limitations #2: Congress Resolutions 4farmers @Karachi session, 1931 @Firozpur Session, 1936 @election manifesto,1937 Other resolutions/Manifestos Rise of All India Kisan Sabha Kisan Manifesto, [...]