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Although much has been written on agrarian reforms in India, there are few in-depth studies of specific states and none concerning the relevance of agrarian reforms to the economic development and political stability of Bihar— a state containing one-tenth of the people of India, a population comparable in magnitude to that of the United Kingdom or France. F. Tomasson Jannuzi's field research in Bihar, beginning with village-level surveys and interviews in 1956 and extending through repeated visits through August 1970, has enabled him to provide a unique perspective on events and issues associated with the continuing struggle to transform Bihar's agrarian structure. Agrarian Crisis in India...
This Is A Study Of Agrarian Problems Of Bihar, A Land Which Confronted Many Of The Problems Before And After Independence That Affects Even Today. The Book Is Essentially A Critical Study Of The Agrarian Problems Of Bihar Vis-À-Vis Policies Of The State Government During The Period 1937-52.The Work Is A Venture To Explore A Virgin Field As No Attempt Has Been Made So Far To Put Together All Available Data On The Subject And To Present An Integrated And Composite Picture Of Ruthless Plunder Carried On By Landlords, Issues Of Tenancy, Various Stages Of Agrarian Movements Under The Banner Of The Bihar Kisan Sabha From Its Very Inception. A Detailed And The Critical Discussion On Land Reforms Act Passed First Time In India, Leading To Abolition Of Zamindari System And The Policy Of The Indian National Congress Towards Land Problems Have Been Presented.
The book discusses important developments emerging around the land questions in India in the context of India’s neoliberal economic development and its changing political economy. It covers many issues that have been impinging the political economy in land and livelihoods in India since the 1990s, examining the land question from diverse methodological standpoints. Most of the chapters rely on evidence generated through primary surveys in different parts of the country. The book, via its diversity of approaches and methodologies, brings out new and hitherto unexplored and/or less researched issues on the emerging land question in India. The range of issues addressed in the volume encompasses the contemporary developments in the political economy of land, land dispossession, SEZs, agrarian changes, urbanisation and the drive for the commodification of land across India. The authors also examine role of the state in promoting the capitalist transformation in India and continuities and changes emerging in the context of land liberalisation and market-friendly economic reforms.