• Sheetal

Land policy in India has been a major topic of Government discussions since the time prior to independence from British rule. The peasants of the country strongly backed the independence movement and the “Land to the Tiller” policy of the Congress Party because of the prevailing agrarian conditions. At the time of independence, India faced a major challenge of setting right the agrarian structure as promised during the Independence struggle. The first task placed before the first Indian Parliament was to address land policy. Because India has a densely populated agrarian economy, almost all other developmental initiatives also involved land as a central and a complex issue, as it clearly represented social status and not just the means of production

Landlords, Reforms, Opportunity, Policies, Intermediaries, Farming

"Policy and Legal Rights of Land Reforms in India: An Overview", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.235-243, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806730.pdf

"Policy and Legal Rights of Land Reforms in India: An Overview", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp235-243, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806730.pdf