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.