While examining the shortcomings of the land reforms in the past, elaborate what land reforms 2.0 should look like. (Answer in 250 words)
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Land Reforms in India are Gandhian ideals for sarvodaya; directed Gandhian and Article 34abc of Indian Constitution for social justice & land equity. Land Reforms 1.0: Achievements: 1. Abolition of Zamindars. 2. millions of tenants were empowered with land. 3. Successful land consolidation in Kerala & West-Bengal. 4. Bhodan movement (Vinobha Bhave). Shortcomings of Land Reform 1.0: 1. Benami transarction of zamindars' property - concentration of wealth. 2. legal loopholes - joint landlholding distributed into individuals of family.
3. Zamindar Hegemony in local govt. eg local bureaucracy. 4. lack of land-holding data - major land disputes. 5. Judicial constitutional interpretation of Right to Property (earlier Article 31) barrier to DPSP implementation. 6. Illiteracy and poverty - weak civil society activism. 7. Failure of cooperative movement due to weak political will. 8. Estates State focus more on Industries; less on Agriculture (skewed Federal focus). Land Reforms 2.0: 1. Digitalization of land records (SWAMITVA for farmer-empowered). 2. Demand-driven participative model of reforms:- eg Telangana Rythu Bharosa. 3. Modern tenancy reforms (eg. NITI Aayog Model leasing basis). 4. Focusing on land productivity through irrigation efficiency up and mechanisation (only 40%). 5. Transforming peasants into entrepreneurs with AI-driven agriculture (eg. Plantix for disease assment, PRAMAN for quality gauging). 6. Introducing National Commodity Exchanges for effective price-realisation. 7. Area-wise, Crop-wise (PODD-Wise) - Insurance, Irrigation, Subsidies, credits (Vaidyanathan committee).
8. Modern tenancy reforms (eg. NITI Aayog Model leasing Basis). 4. Focusing on land productivity through irrigation efficiency up and mechanisation (only 40%). 5. Transforming peasants into entrepreneurs with AI-driven agriculture (eg. Plantix for disease assment, PRAMAN for quality gauging). 6. Introducing National Commodity Exchanges for effective price-realisation. 7. Area-wise, Crop-wise (PODD-Wise) - Insurance, Irrigation, Subsidies, credits (Vaidyanathan committee). With Land Reform 2.0, Indian farmers can realise the goal of Union Budget 2025 - food basket of the World.
Conclusion
With Land Reform 2.0, Indian farmers can realise the goal of Union Budget 2025 - food basket of the World.
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Simrandeep Kaur
Land Reforms, Liberalization, Infrastructure & Investment
Land Reforms in India
Land reforms 2.0
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