Yojana Magazine: Issue October 2011

Land is the basis of all economic activity. Land problems in India have attracted equal attention from both policy makers and academicians. This interest in land issues stems from the impact of liberalization and opening of the economy and in the context of economic transition in rural areas. Land policy initiatives in India went through different phases and are characterized by various interventions on behalf of the State which have brought a fundamental change in the entire approach towards development. In the years following India's independence a conscious process of nation building considered the problem of land with a pressing urgency. The national objective of poverty alleviation envisaged stress on high productivity and equitable distribution.

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