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International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research__________________________________ ISSN 2277-3630
IJSSIR, Vol. 4 (4), APRIL (2015), pp. 53-64
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AN ANALYSIS OF LAND REFORMS AND LAND HOLDING
PATTERNS IN INDIA
*MR. PANDARAIAH. G; **MR. K. KIRAN KUMAR
*AUTHOR IS A RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD.
**AUTHOR IS A RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD.
ABSTRACT
In India, over 70 percent of the population resides in rural areas with majority depending
on land based activities for their livelihood. There arelot of studies going on land related issues,
present study would be based on the analysis on implementation of land reforms and land holding
pattern in India. This paper gives brief description of secondary source data on land holdings in
India. Land reform is a popular slogan in developing countries of the world. In this paper authors
would like to analyses the land reforms and land holding pattern in India. The study utilized the
secondary data as a major source of information for analysis. In order to evaluate the land reforms
and land holding pattern in India statistical tools like percentiles, averages ware employed. Finally
it found that the average size in marginal land holdings decreasing year by year, if we observe 0.40
hector in 1970-71 it is decreased to 0.39 hector in 2010-11 in marginal holdings. Average size of
small holdings also decreased from 1.44 hectors in 1970-71 to 1.42 hectors in the 2010-11.
Average size of medium holdings also decrease from 6.08 hectors in 1970-71 to 5.76 hectors in
2010-11.average size of large holdings also decreasing from 18.10 hectors in 1970-71 to 17.38
hectors in2010-11.
KEY WORDS: Land, Land Reform, Operational Holding, Average Land Holding, Land
Ceiling, Tenancy Reforms, Abolition of Intermediaries.
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