• Y.Sreenivasulu

An attempt has been made in this paper to study the access to land for the SCs and STs when compare their position with the other communities. The study has carried out based on the secondary data has collected from NSS Report No.491: Household Ownership Holdings in India, 2003 and Report on SC/ST Landholdings, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of AP 2000-01 and 2005-06. The study has found that the SCs continue to be a disadvantaged section with respect to access farm land, but the STs are somewhat better in terms the land owned in Andhra Pradesh. It is observed that there has been no substantial improvement in the SCs’ landholding position—it is seen that the landless households are highamong the SCs.

Access farm land, Landholdings, ownership of land, SC/ST communities, Landless, Andhra Pradesh

"Access to Land for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Undivided Andhra Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.54-64, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907W07.pdf

"Access to Land for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Undivided Andhra Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp54-64, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907W07.pdf