Why land reforms policy failed in Bihar?: Tracing the political contents
By: Singh, Dharmendra Dhar
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BookPublisher: Bihar Journal of Public Administration Description: 17(1), Jan-June, 2020: p.190-195.Subject(s): Zamindar, Land-ceiling, Chakbandi, Zamindari abolition, Bihar
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Bihar Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: Whatever the share of agriculture in SGDP (State Gross Domestic Product) may be, but the agriculture is mainstay of Bihar’s economy owing to two reasons – firstly, more than seventy five per cent of Bihar’s population depends on agriculture for their subsistence and secondly, Bihar has abundance of land, water and human resources. As such, soon after independence the policy framers took up the task of land reforms first keeping in mind the realisation of Gandhian philosophy of Gram Swaraj, granting equality by judicious redistribution of land landholdings and making the landholdings economically viable. The exercise of land reforms started as early as in 1950s by introducing Zamindari abolition laws, amendments in land-tenure laws and finally the consolidation of landholdings. But it is irony that it could not be implemented fully in Bihar despite rigorous attempts by successive governments. The efforts of governments with a band of bureaucracy in acquiring the surplus land, implementing the Land Ceiling law and completing the process of consolidation of landholdings (chakbandi) could not be completed even after passage of decades together. It is well established fact that now the land reforms policy has lost its significance owing to two reasons diminishing average landholding size and non-profitable agricultural practices caused by influence of globalisation, yet it becomes pertinent to understand the role of political interests in the policy process. In view of the above situation, the present study intends to trace the reasons of its failure and the political contents in it. – Reproduced
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Whatever the share of agriculture in SGDP (State Gross Domestic Product) may be, but the agriculture is mainstay of Bihar’s economy owing to two reasons – firstly, more than seventy five per cent of Bihar’s population depends on agriculture for their subsistence and secondly, Bihar has abundance of land, water and human resources. As such, soon after independence the policy framers took up the task of land reforms first keeping in mind the realisation of Gandhian philosophy of Gram Swaraj, granting equality by judicious redistribution of land landholdings and making the landholdings economically viable. The exercise of land reforms started as early as in 1950s by introducing Zamindari abolition laws, amendments in land-tenure laws and finally the consolidation of landholdings. But it is irony that it could not be implemented fully in Bihar despite rigorous attempts by successive governments. The efforts of governments with a band of bureaucracy in acquiring the surplus land, implementing the Land Ceiling law and completing the process of consolidation of landholdings (chakbandi) could not be completed even after passage of decades together. It is well established fact that now the land reforms policy has lost its significance owing to two reasons diminishing average landholding size and non-profitable agricultural practices caused by influence of globalisation, yet it becomes pertinent to understand the role of political interests in the policy process. In view of the above situation, the present study intends to trace the reasons of its failure and the political contents in it. – Reproduced
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