Improving the Rural Poor’s Access to Land and Water in India
The present paper analyses the key issues related to the access of rural poor to secured and sustainable land and water rights in India, thereby identifying and suggesting policies which helps to improve rural poor’s access to land and water.
The distribution of land ownership amongst different land classes is found to be skewed. In 2006, vast majority of the rural households (around 79.6%) with less than 1 ha land had very less land comprising about 23.0% of the total area while 3.6% of the households (having more than 4 ha of land) had around 34.7% of the total area. This poses a threat to stability and peace in the villages. However, the situation can be improved if the landless and marginalized farmers are able to lease in land from medium and large farmers....Read more
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DEVELOPMENT FORUM CSD’s fortnightly forum on Social Development praxis Food Security and the
Challenges for the Developing Countries by Professor Joan P. Mencher Renowned Professor of
Agrarian and Gender Studies Chair: Dr. T. Haque on 3rd February 2012, Friday, 3.30 PM at Durgaba
Deshmukh Memorial Hall, CSD, 53 Lodhi Estate (Near India International Centre Annexe)
3. Special Initiatives by India, China and Russia in the World Order (CSD, New Delhi)
4. Status of Higher Education (CSD, New Delhi)
5. Food Security – Approaches and Issues (CSD, Hyderabad)
6. People and Energy : Initiatives and Issues Relating to the Remote Village Electrification (Sponsored
by the Ministry of Renewable Energy, GOI) at CSD, Hyderabad
7. The State and the Livelihood Security: Role of NREGA and Local Self Governments (Sponsored by
Govt. of AP at CSD, Hyderabad).