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From 50 Years Ago: Land Reform Is Dead, Long Live Land Reform!

Vol. 58, Issue No. 20, 20 May, 2023

Vol VIII, No 20 MAY 19, 1973

From 50 Years Ago: Bureaucracy and Land Reform

Vol. 57, Issue No. 40, 01 Oct, 2022

Vol VII, No 40 SEPTEMBER 30, 1972

Why Are Zimbabwe’s Land Reforms Being Reversed?

Vol. 54, Issue No. 35, 31 Aug, 2019
Zimbabwe’s current politic–economic trajectory has exacerbated peasant distress. Under the current president Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe has adopted neo-liberal economic policies that favour large–scale agriculture, and the promotion of capital investments across all sectors of the economy.

Farm Land Law of Russia

Vol. 37, Issue No. 35, 31 Aug, 2002
Arun Mohanty, R G Gidadhubli

The recently passed Farm Land Bill in Russia, reverses the ban on land ownership and promises to usher in far-reaching changes in Russian agriculture. Yet to be truly effective, the measure needs to be accompanied by a series of wider reforms to ensure that not merely the land mafia as is feared, but the middle level and poorer peasants benefit.

Revisiting Agrarian Issues

Vol. 37, Issue No. 08, 23 Feb, 2002
Surinder S Jodhka

Land Reform and Peasant Livelihoods: The Social Dynamics of Rural Poverty and Agrarian Reform in Developing Countries edited by Krishna B Ghimire; ITDG Publishing, London, 2001; pp xvii+253, price not mentioned.
Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Rural World of Contemporary Punjab by Himmat Singh; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001; pp xii+302, Rs 595.

Tebhaga Movement in Bengal: A Retrospect

Vol. 36, Issue No. 41, 13 Oct, 2001
D Bandyopadhyay

Operation Barga, the showpiece land-reform package of the Left Front government in West Bengal, was projected as the culmination of the failed Tebhaga movement of the 1940s. But just as in the Tebhaga movement, Operation Barga has left untouched the question of the future of the recorded bargadars and of giving 'land to the tiller'. The author provides a historical perspective of the attempts at land reform in Bengal.

Land Distribution among Scheduled Castes and Tribes

Vol. 36, Issue No. 40, 06 Oct, 2001
B B Mohanty

In recognition of the basic proposition that scheduled castes and tribes are the most disadvantaged in respect to land, which largely accounts for their perpetual poverty and makes them vulnerable to injustice and exploitation, attempts have been made by the union and state governments to promote and protect their rights with regard to the control and use of land. Based on 13 major states, the present study shows that even after 50 years of planned initiatives and policy measures, there has not been substantial improvement in the landholding status of scheduled groups, and in some states, it has declined further.

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