CONTENTS:- 1. Land Reforms: An Introduction 2. Study Location Profile 3. Emerging Tenancy Relations in Uttar Pradesh 4. Status of Implementation of Land Reforms 5. Access of Land Resources and Human Development 6. Expectations and Insights 7. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
DESCRIPTION
Land Reforms emerged as one of the most important development strategies in the post-World War period. Many Colonies achieved their Political freedom and the aspirations of major anti-colonial Forces mainly peasantry compelled their national government to enact and implement land reforms. India was one among them. A number of studies have been conducted on land reforms addressing the issues of Equity and distributive justice, implementation and impacts. This Study is also one among them with a difference that this study has been conducted not only to understand the status of implementation and impacts in terms of Productivity and distributive Justice but also to explore the possibility and potential of this measures for promoting human development. Land reforms with various dimensions have been one of the major issues for the nation as a whole and remained sensitive subject among the states from pre-independence period. Uttar Pradesh is one of the states where the issues of land reforms could attract Leaders of freedom movement most. There have been expectations that the political will of the Poverty sensitive government in power could translate the expectations of the landless poor, particularly dalit and Poor through effective implementation of land redistribution in order to empower dalit and poor in real sense. Present study is an attempt to comprehend the ground reality of land reforms and its contribution towards promotion of human development in Uttar Pradesh based on Household data from the sample villages.
