Land Policies For Equity & Growth | Agrarian Reforms In Uttar Pradesh

Land Policies for Equity and Growth is perhaps the first book of its kind on land issues, including land reforms, in one of India's most populous states Uttar Pradesh. In its 18 chapters-authored by scholars who have spent several decades researching land issues in UP - the book sets out land policies to promote agricultural growth with equity in a state that accounts for a very significant share of the rural poor of India. The book discusses both old and new issues. While it examines the historical consequences of the Zamindari Abolition Act (1950) and the Land Ceiling Legislations (1960 and 1972) in UP, it also looks at new, emerging issues in land and agrarian relations, like land use policy (or rather its absence) in the state. It also discusses the need for modernising land records, computerising them and most importantly, ensuring titling on the basis of ground-truthing actual landownership. This book attempts to relate land policy issues to the policy discourse in UP. It is based upon an analysis of well known as well as new data sources. The authors examine data from old National Sample Surveys as well as the most recent one (2009-2010). The authors also carried out primary surveys in the four well-defined agro-climatic zones of UP, the findings of which are reported in the book. Preface:Introduction: Agricultural Growth with Equity in Uttar Pradesh Santosh MehrotraI: OverviewLand Issues Then and Now in India: New Challenges and Policy Dilemmas Partha Saha and Santosh MehrotraLandlordlism without Landlord: The UP Land Reform Hiranmay DharII: Agrarian Structure and Agricultural GrowthLand Reforms and Agricultural Development in UP: Retrospect Ajit Kumar SinghAgrarian Structure and Agricultural Development: An Inter-district Analysis Richa SinghIII: Land Access and the MarginalisedThe Dalit Experience of Land Reform: The Case of a Pratapgarh Village, from Independence to 2012 Siddharth DubeLand Reforms and Dalits Prashant Kumar TrivediAsset Ownership and Terms of Tenancy Contracts: Caste and Class in a Village in Western UP Partha SahaThe Unfinished Agenda of Land Reforms: A Qualitative Assessment Kripa ShankarIV: Land Reforms: Findings from a Primary SurveyLand Reforms: A Farmer Perspective Ajit Kumar SinghStatus of Tenancy: Some Facts from the Field FahimuddinImpact of Land Distribution on the Rural Poor: A Field Study Ajit Kumar Singh and Pratap Singh GariaV: Emerging IssuesLand Use Scenario in Uttar Pradesh Vasant W Ambekar and R K SinghForest Land: Disputes over Ownership in Uttar Pradesh-Case Study of Kaimur Region of UP Ashok Choudhary and Roma MalikLand Management in Uttar Pradesh: Land Records and Property Ajay Kumar SinghLand Management: Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Ajay Kumar SinghEmerging Issues in Land Reforms and Land Policy Yoginder K AlaghLand Policies for Agricultural Growth with Equity: An Agenda for Uttar Pradesh Santosh Mehrotra and Ajit Kumar Singh