Land Transfers: a Case Study [Hardcover]

Over the years, and specifically since the enactment of land ceiling laws in a number of States in the country in the 1950s, agricultural land has changed hands in a manner that needs a searching enquiry not only for academic purpose but the planners and rural development agencies as well. Land transfer is of utmost significance as it offers vital clues to the emerging agrarian structure. Land alienation is nor only uprooting hundreds of thousands of small farmers but also adding to the population explosion in the urban areas which are already tottering under the weight of too much population. What are the factors behind land alienation? Which classes are losing land and which classes are gaining it? Why is landlessness on the increase? Is it due to immiserisation or has the diversification of the economic abetted the process. All these and other questions have been analysed in this empiricial study in the context of dynamics of new agricultural technology in a backward state like U.P. with its marked regional diversities. About The Author:- Dr. Kripa Shankar, obtained his D.Phil, degree from University of Allahabad and has been an activist in the Kisan movement. He continued with his academic pursuits, doing empirical studies on rural poverty, development and growth process. He has been contributing articles to various journals and presenting papers to seminars and conferences. Currently he is in the faculty of Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. Contents:- Preface • List of Tables • Introduction • Objectives, Methodology and Coverage • Land Reforms and Agrarian Structure in U.P. • Magnitude of Land Transfers in U.P. • Land Transfer Matrix • Land Market in Pre-Green Revolution and Post-Green Revolution Periods • Income-wise Land Transfers • Assets-wise Land Transfers • Caste-wise Land Transfers • Caste and Size Category-wise Land transfers • Reasons for Land Alienation • The Case of Landless • Source of Finance for Land Purchase • Some Policy Implications. The Title 'Land Transfers: a Case Study written/authored/edited by K. Shankar', published in the year 1990. The ISBN 9788121203258 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 348 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Economic / Finance / Agriculture / History / Archaeology / Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-