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The bleeding land : a study of the growth of agrarian violence as a result of the failure to implement the land reforms laws in bihar
K.A. Joykutty
The bleeding land : a study of the growth of agrarian violence as a result of the failure to implement the land reforms laws in bihar - BangaloreBangalore NLSIU 1999 - 156 p. ; 25 cm.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION; 1.0 Background; 1.1 The Problem; 1.2 Hypothesis of the Present Study; 1.2.1 The Operationalization of the Hypothesis; 1.3 Objectives and Significance of the Study; 1.4 The Research Methodology; CHAPTER II THE PROBLEM OF LAND AND VIOLENCE IN BIHAR; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 The reasons for the deterioration of the "Rule of Law"; 2.1.1 The Politicisation of Police Force; 2.1.2 Escalation of Violence of the Country Side; 2.1.3 Nexus between Officials, Politicians and Landlords; CHAPTER III ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM: THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 History of Land: Different Stages; 3.2 Indian Idea of Property; 3.2.1 Jaimini; 3.2.2 Savara; 3.2.3 Sayana; 3.3 Permanent Settlement; 3.4 First Phase; 3.4.1 Regulation VII (or Qanun Haftam) of 1799; 3.4.2 Regulation V (or QallUH Panjam) of 1812; 3.4.3 Regulation XI of 1822; 3.4.4 Failure of Patta Regulations; 3.4.5 Failure of Pargana Rate; 3.4.6 Failure of Institution of Patwaris ; 3.4.7 Failure to Grant Rent Receipts ; 3.5. Second Phase; 3.5.1 Act X of 1859 ; 3.5.2 Rent Law Commission ; 3.5.3 The Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885 ; 3.5.4 Illegal Exactions and Cruelties; CHAPTER IV THE UNSETTLING OF THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT; 4.0 Introduction ; 4.1 Jawaharlal Nehru Committee Report ; 4.2 Report of the Congress Agrarian Reforms Committee; 4.3 The Abolition of Intermediaries Interests ; 4.4 Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 ; 4.5 Ceilings on the Size of Agricultural Holdings ; 4.6 A Ray of hope for the oppressed peasants of the permanent settlement; CHAPTER V BIHAR LAND REFORMS LAWS: A PLANNED FAILURE; 5.0 Introduction ; 5.1 The Bihar ~Land Reforms (Amendment) Act 1953, (Bihar Act XX of 1954); 5.2 Bihar Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1959 ; 5.3 Ceilings on the Size of Agricultural holdings ; 5.4 Land Reforms through the Five Year Plans ; 5.4.1 First Five Year Plan ; 5.4.2 Second Five Year Plan ; 5.4.3 Third Five Year Plan ; 5.4.4 Fourth Five Year Plan; 5.4.5 Fifth Five Year Plan ; 5.4.6 Sixth Five year Plan ; 5.4.7 Seventh Five Year Plan v; 5.5 The Major Reasons for Failure ; 5.5.1 Loopholes in the Law ; (a) Loopholes in the Law ; (b) Personal Cultivation; (c) Absentee Land Lordism ; (d) Main Source of Income ; (e) Homestead Land ; (f) Exemptions ; (g) Role of Judiciary; CHAPTER VI A CASE STUDY OF WEST CHAMP ARAN DISTRICT; 6.0 A Profile of the Field Study; CHAPTER VII CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS; 7.0 Conclusion; 7.1 Some Suggestions; 7.1.1 Amendments required in the Law; 7.1.2 Administrative Initiatives; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ANNEXURE ONE; ANNEXURE TWO.
Bihar Land Reforms Land Problem I Bihar Permanent Settlement Problem - Bihar
The bleeding land : a study of the growth of agrarian violence as a result of the failure to implement the land reforms laws in bihar - BangaloreBangalore NLSIU 1999 - 156 p. ; 25 cm.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION; 1.0 Background; 1.1 The Problem; 1.2 Hypothesis of the Present Study; 1.2.1 The Operationalization of the Hypothesis; 1.3 Objectives and Significance of the Study; 1.4 The Research Methodology; CHAPTER II THE PROBLEM OF LAND AND VIOLENCE IN BIHAR; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 The reasons for the deterioration of the "Rule of Law"; 2.1.1 The Politicisation of Police Force; 2.1.2 Escalation of Violence of the Country Side; 2.1.3 Nexus between Officials, Politicians and Landlords; CHAPTER III ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM: THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 History of Land: Different Stages; 3.2 Indian Idea of Property; 3.2.1 Jaimini; 3.2.2 Savara; 3.2.3 Sayana; 3.3 Permanent Settlement; 3.4 First Phase; 3.4.1 Regulation VII (or Qanun Haftam) of 1799; 3.4.2 Regulation V (or QallUH Panjam) of 1812; 3.4.3 Regulation XI of 1822; 3.4.4 Failure of Patta Regulations; 3.4.5 Failure of Pargana Rate; 3.4.6 Failure of Institution of Patwaris ; 3.4.7 Failure to Grant Rent Receipts ; 3.5. Second Phase; 3.5.1 Act X of 1859 ; 3.5.2 Rent Law Commission ; 3.5.3 The Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885 ; 3.5.4 Illegal Exactions and Cruelties; CHAPTER IV THE UNSETTLING OF THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT; 4.0 Introduction ; 4.1 Jawaharlal Nehru Committee Report ; 4.2 Report of the Congress Agrarian Reforms Committee; 4.3 The Abolition of Intermediaries Interests ; 4.4 Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 ; 4.5 Ceilings on the Size of Agricultural Holdings ; 4.6 A Ray of hope for the oppressed peasants of the permanent settlement; CHAPTER V BIHAR LAND REFORMS LAWS: A PLANNED FAILURE; 5.0 Introduction ; 5.1 The Bihar ~Land Reforms (Amendment) Act 1953, (Bihar Act XX of 1954); 5.2 Bihar Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1959 ; 5.3 Ceilings on the Size of Agricultural holdings ; 5.4 Land Reforms through the Five Year Plans ; 5.4.1 First Five Year Plan ; 5.4.2 Second Five Year Plan ; 5.4.3 Third Five Year Plan ; 5.4.4 Fourth Five Year Plan; 5.4.5 Fifth Five Year Plan ; 5.4.6 Sixth Five year Plan ; 5.4.7 Seventh Five Year Plan v; 5.5 The Major Reasons for Failure ; 5.5.1 Loopholes in the Law ; (a) Loopholes in the Law ; (b) Personal Cultivation; (c) Absentee Land Lordism ; (d) Main Source of Income ; (e) Homestead Land ; (f) Exemptions ; (g) Role of Judiciary; CHAPTER VI A CASE STUDY OF WEST CHAMP ARAN DISTRICT; 6.0 A Profile of the Field Study; CHAPTER VII CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS; 7.0 Conclusion; 7.1 Some Suggestions; 7.1.1 Amendments required in the Law; 7.1.2 Administrative Initiatives; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ANNEXURE ONE; ANNEXURE TWO.
Bihar Land Reforms Land Problem I Bihar Permanent Settlement Problem - Bihar