Promised land
11 years, 7 months ago

Promised land

The Hindu  

Last October, the Ministry of Rural Development promised thousands of landless Jan Satyagraha agitators that it would draft a new land reforms policy, correct the inequitable distribution of land and safeguard the rights of traditional forest dwellers. In the event that mining is taken up after getting consent, the sabha would retain ownership of the land and receive 50 per cent of royalty or revenues. Despite 75 per cent of India’s working women being involved in agriculture, the state has invariably ignored them and allotted land to the male head of a family. About 30 per cent of rural households remain landless, while the wealthiest 10 per cent holds 55 per cent of the land.

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Odisha to offer land to those with less than four decimals under Vasundhara scheme: State revenue minister
3 months, 1 week ago

Odisha to offer land to those with less than four decimals under Vasundhara scheme: State revenue minister

New Indian Express  

SAMBALPUR: Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said people with less than four decimal land will also be considered landless after the amendment of Odisha Land Settlement Act and provided land under the Vasundhara scheme. The minister said the amendment has been proposed in section 2 of Odisha Land Settlement Act. Those with less than four decimal …

Budget 2024: Urban, rural land reforms ‘welcome move’ by government
8 months ago

Budget 2024: Urban, rural land reforms ‘welcome move’ by government

The Hindu  

The 2024-2025 Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised a few reforms related to land and land use in the country ranging from their identification to planning and potentially drawing from multiple domains. Ms. Sitharaman said “land-related reforms and actions, both in rural and urban areas, will cover land administration, planning and management, and urban planning, usage and …

CM bestows full ownership rights to beneficiaries of assigned lands in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 4 months ago

CM bestows full ownership rights to beneficiaries of assigned lands in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

The State government bestowed full ownership rights to the beneficiaries of assigned lands, village service Inam lands and on LPS lands benefitting 20,24,709 poor people involving 35,44,866 acres of land. Jagan Mohan Reddy also distributed 46,463 acres of assigned land to 42,307 poor people afresh and handed over lease deeds to 17,768 people allotting them 9,064 acres of riverside lands …

J&K Govt Approves Land to Landless Poor; LG Sinha Calls it 'Historic'
1 year, 8 months ago

J&K Govt Approves Land to Landless Poor; LG Sinha Calls it 'Historic'

News 18  

In a landmark decision, the Jammu & Kashmir Government has approved a proposal for allotment of 5 Marlas of land each to landless Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin beneficiaries. Addressing a press conference at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar, the LG said this was a new beginning for thousands of landless families, said that “this historic decision will prove to …

India's landless poor: Amid rising rural poverty and lower access to land, empowering this group must be priority
6 years, 5 months ago

India's landless poor: Amid rising rural poverty and lower access to land, empowering this group must be priority

Firstpost  

The landless are, in fact, the “poorest of the poor” – according to the Government of India’s own admission, for whom, among others, it launched an insurance policy, Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana, in 2007. The Socio-Economic and Caste Census of 2011, which acknowledged and counted landlessness as a major indicator of poverty, put the ‘households with no land’ at 56.41 …

Tough political decisions needed to provide land to landless: Ramesh
11 years, 4 months ago

Tough political decisions needed to provide land to landless: Ramesh

Firstpost  

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday declared Kannur in Kerala as the first zero landless district in the country and said that “political will” was required to implement such a programme on an all-India basis. Kannur : Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday declared Kannur in Kerala as the first zero landless district in the country and said …

Small measure, big gain
11 years, 8 months ago

Small measure, big gain

The Hindu  

Will ten cents of land for each of the landless and near-landless households transform the poverty scenario in rural India? The soon-to-be-tabled National Right to Homestead Bill proposes to seek legislative approval for providing no less than 4,360 sq feet plot to each of the 31 per cent landless and 30 per cent near-landless households who own on an average …

Landless poor to rally for “right to shelter”
12 years ago

Landless poor to rally for “right to shelter”

The Hindu  

Ten thousand landless and homeless people plan to gather at Ram Lila Maidan next month in a bid to persuade the government that the “right to shelter” needs concrete legal backing. Last year, he led about 60,000 landless poor, Adivasis and Dalits in a padayatra from Gwalior towards Delhi, resulting in a deal with the government to implement land reform, …

A patch to call their own
12 years, 5 months ago

A patch to call their own

The Hindu  

The frustration behind the Jan Satyagraha, the long march of the landless to Delhi, was justified. Reforms meant to help the poor access land have been on the policy agenda since Independence, but the ground situation has hardly changed. The 10-point agreement he signed with Ekta Parishad has the potential to lead to a comprehensive new policy that would reduce …

Landless poor on long march to Delhi
12 years, 5 months ago

Landless poor on long march to Delhi

The Hindu  

Dhanalakshmi, a 22-year-old from the Paliyar hill tribe of Tamil Nadu, is a long way from home. On Tuesday, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Minister of State for Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia flew to Gwalior in a last-ditch effort to convince the organisers — a land reform people’s movement called Ekta Parishad — to call off the march and accept …

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