Land policies for equity and growth :

Land policies for equity and growth : transforming the agrarian structure in Uttar Pradesh / edited by Ajit Kumar Singh, Santosh Mehrotra. - New Delhi : SAGE Publications India, 2014. - xviii, 408 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction: Agricultural Growth with Equity in Uttar Pradesh /​ Santosh Mehrotra
pt. I Overview ch. 2 Land Issues Then and Now in India: New Challenges and Policy Dilemmas /​ Santosh Mehrotra
ch. 3 Landlordism without Landlord: The UP Land Reform /​ Hiranmay Dhar pt. II Agrarian Structure and Agricultural Growth
ch. 4 Land Reforms and Agricultural Development in UP: Retrospect /​ Ajit Kumar Singh ch. 5 Agrarian Structure and Agricultural Development: An Inter-district Analysis /​ Richa Singh
pt. III Land Access and the Marginalised ch. 6 The Dalit Experience of Land Reform: The Case of a Pratapgarh Village, from Independence to 2012 /​ Siddharth Dube
ch. 7 Land Reforms and Dalits /​ Prashant Kumar Trivedi
ch. 8 Asset Ownership and Terms of Tenancy Contracts: Caste and Class in a Village in Western UP /​ Partha Saha
ch. 9 The Unfinished Agenda of Land Reforms: A Qualitative Assessment /​ Kripa Shankar Contents note continued: pt. IV Land Reforms: Findings from a Primary Survey ch. 10 Land Reforms: A Farmer Perspective /​ Ajit Kumar Singh
ch. 11 Status of Tenancy: Some Facts from the Field /​ Fahimuddin
ch. 12 Impact of Land Distribution on the Rural Poor: A Field Study /​ Pratap Singh Garia
pt. V Emerging Issues
ch. 13 Land Use Scenario in Uttar Pradesh /​ R.K. Singh
ch. 14 Forest Land: Disputes over Ownership
Case Study of Kaimur Region of UP /​ Roma Malik
ch. 15 Land Management in Uttar Pradesh: Land Records and Property /​ Ajay Kumar Singh
ch. 16 Land Management: Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement /​ Ajay Kumar Singh
ch. 17 Emerging Issues in Land Reforms and Land Policy /​ Yoginder K. Alagh ch. 18 Land Policies for Agricultural Growth with Equity: An Agenda for Uttar Pradesh /​ Ajit Kumar Singh.


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. This book discusses the need for modernising land records, computerising them and, most importantly, ensuring titling on the basis of ground-truthing actual landownership.

9788132113607 (hbk.) Rs1095.00


Land reform--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Land use--Government policy--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Agriculture and state--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Rural poor --India--Uttar Pradesh.

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