Inequality and Radical Land Reform: Some Notes from West Bengal

Asian Survey ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 718-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jnanabrata Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
West Bengal

Tribal Land Rights: A Situational Analysis in the Context of West Bengal

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-209
Author(s):  
Sudipta Biswas ◽  
Sukumar Pal
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Tribal Population ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Large Section ◽  
Tribal People ◽  
Tribal Land

Tribal communities in India are most deprived. Socio-economically, they are poor and marginalised. The root cause of socio-economic marginalisation can be attributed to alienation of tribal people from their land, territory and resources. The overall situation of the tribal population of West Bengal is not better than the national average, even more deprived than the tribal population of other states. Despite progressive land reform laws and political commitment to implement such laws, issues of tribal land rights have not been addressed adequately. There is no such exclusive study to understand the situation of tribal land rights in the state of West Bengal. This article analyses the status of tribal land rights in the state context and makes some suggestions for improving the situation. It is found that despite distribution of land titles, a large section of the tribal population remains landless. A sizable portion has not received received record-of-rights. Claims of many tribal people for forest patta remain pending or stand rejected. Tribal land alienation continues to be a matter of concern. The state has not taken any concrete steps for the restoration of unlawfully alienated tribal lands. A large section of the tribal sharecroppers in the state remain unrecorded.

India's state polls hold key to Modi's reform agenda

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Investor Confidence ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Bharatiya Janata Party ◽  
Strong Contender ◽  
Union Territory ◽  
Significant Bearing

Subject Forthcoming state elections. Significance Legislative assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Kerala states, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, will be held between April 4 and May 19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a strong contender only in Assam. The overall results will have a significant bearing on his economic reform agenda. Impacts A communal campaign by the BJP in West Bengal would prevent an alliance with the TMC. The GST and land reform bills will not pass until parliamentary gridlock ends. Poor showing in forthcoming polls will dampen investor confidence in Modi.

Inequality and Radical Land Reform: Some Notes from West Bengal

Asian Survey ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 718-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jnanabrata Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
West Bengal

scholarly journals Rural Unemployment in Gujarat and West Bengal

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subrata Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Agricultural Employment ◽  
Rural Unemployment

Based on NSSO data sets, this study covers the period from 1993 to 2010 and focuses on a comparison of rural unemployment in Gujarat and West Bengal, chosen because of their contrasting characteristics. In the past few decades, Gujarat has emphasised growth through modern industrial production, while under a different ideological regime, West Bengal aimed to achieve agricultural growth, land reform and more egalitarian patterns of agricultural incomes. Recent evidence suggests that meanwhile Gujarat’s agriculture has registered high growth in output during 2000–08, while West Bengal has failed to kick off industrialisation, despite making some pressing efforts. The article clearly identifies the limited scope for agriculture to provide full employment for all young rural people in India. However, given the important role of the agricultural sector in safeguarding national food security, it becomes obvious that apart from careful attention to agricultural developments, sustainable alternatives to traditional agricultural employment need to be activated. The concluding section therefore considers various policy options for tackling the risks of rural unemployment and underemployment in India.

scholarly journals Evolution of land distribution in West Bengal 1967–2004: Role of land reform and demographic changes

2014 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 171-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranab Bardhan ◽  
Michael Luca ◽  
Dilip Mookherjee ◽  
Francisco Pino
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Land Distribution

scholarly journals LAND REFORMS IN AN INDIAN STATE: LESSONS FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF IMPLEMENTATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Prabhat Kumar Datta ◽  
Panchali Sen
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Land Reforms ◽  
The Poor ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Left Front

Until the shift of developmental policy in India in 1990s the state used to play an instrumental role India’s development. By the time India attained independence it was widely regarded that semi feudal landlordism was the main obstacle in the way of national economic regeneration. In this paper an attempt has been to capture the processes of land reforms in India’s West Bengal under the Left Front rule and to critically review impact of this programme on village society. This paper also seeks to identify reasons with the help of empirical studies why it has not been possible for the Left Front Government to achieve the declared objectives of the programme. Major transformations in economic, social and political fields during the first two decades of the Left Front rule characterized by the successful implementation of land reform programmes but failed to produce sustained benefits to the poor beneficiaries of land reforms. The panchayat institutions were unsuccessful in making the poor realize that the existing social situation was not conducive for meeting their basic needs. The concluding part of the paper tries to bring together the lessons that the other countries or states in a federal system can learn from the experiences of implementation of land reforms programme in West Bengal. 

scholarly journals Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia R. Bhalotra ◽  
Abhishek Chakravarty ◽  
Dilip Mookherjee ◽  
Francisco Pino
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Determinants of Redistributive Politics: An Empirical Analysis of Land Reforms in West Bengal, India

2010 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 1572-1600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranab Bardhan ◽  
Dilip Mookherjee
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Land Reforms ◽  
Reform Implementation ◽  
Political Determinants ◽  
Indian State ◽  
The Right ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
Left Front

We investigate political determinants of land reform implementation in the Indian state of West Bengal. Using a village panel spanning 1974–1998, we do not find evidence supporting the hypothesis that land reforms were positively and monotonically related to control of local governments by a Left Front coalition vis-à-vis the right-centrist Congress party, combined with lack of commitment to policy platforms. Instead, the evidence is consistent with a quasi-Downsian theory stressing the role of opportunism (reelection concerns) and electoral competition.(JEL D72, O13, O17, Q15)

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