Access to land and effective control over it are crucial for inclusive growth and poverty eradication in India. Elaborate. Also, discuss the land reform measures adopted in India in recent times to ensure inclusive growth.

As per SECC 2011, households with no land are about 56.41% of total households. The draft National Land Reforms Policy released in July 2013 stated that 81% of households are landless. Access to land for inclusive growth & poverty eradication i Addiction in poverty - Around 60% to engaged in agri culture without access to property rights. Ensuring ownership and better credit accessibility can lead to greater growth.

ii Inclusive growth = to eradicate socio-economic exclusion by giving owners asset in form of land, create avenues of income generation for them. Steps taken for land reforms: i Abolition of Intermediaries ii Tenancy reforms & ceilings on landholding adopted iii Consolidation of landholdings iv Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme - Initiated in 2016 to computerise all land records & digitise map/surveys. v Unique Land Parcel Identification Number - Launched in 2021, 14 digit identification number is to be provided to surveyed parcel of land.

vi SWAMITVA scheme - property surveys programme launched to map residential land ownership in rural sector using modern technology. vii Right to Fair compensation Act 2013 - Act contains provisions for bringing transparency to the process of acquisition of land. viii Model Agricultural Leasing Act, 2016 - to ensure land leasing & loan. ix Draft Model Contract farming act (2018) - protect interest of farmers through forward contract. Recently, NITI Aayog framed the Draft Model Act and Rules on conclusive land Titling 2019. Further, state governments initiated such as Bhoomi project of Karnataka to a successful example.