This is simple view about Land Reforms in Agricultural Economics!

1. LAND REFORMS

2. LAND REFORMS
 Land reform involves the changing of laws, regulations
or customs regarding land ownership.
 Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or
government-backed property redistribution, generally
of agricultural land.
 Land reform may also entail the transfer of land from
individual ownership—even peasant ownership in
smallholdings—to government-owned collective farms.

4. Access to Land Reforms
 Gandhidian Approach:
The sarvodaya movement of Mahatma Gandhi
talks more about the universal upliftment.
Inspired by Gandhism, Vinoba Bhave has started
the Gram dam movement. This movement
approach the landlords to denote to surplus to the
landless/ marginalised farmers.

5.  The Radical Nationalist Approach:
 Has been formally adopted by most of the state Govt.
however this approach couldn’t contribute much.
 The Marxist Approach has been taken into account and
is supported in the wake of peasant movement.

6. NATIONAL EFFORTS
 Nearly all newly independent countries of Eastern and
Central Europe implemented land reforms in the
aftermath of World War I.
 In most countries the land in excess of certain limit
(ranging from 20 to 500 ha depending on the region and
type of land) was expropriated, in Finland it was
redeemed and placed into special fund.

7. LAND REFORMS
PROGRAMMES-India
 Right to fair compensation and transparancy in land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act,2013.
 Distribution of ceiling surplus land.
 Govt. waste lands and bhoodan lands.
 Confirmation of ownership rights to tenants.
 Consolidation of land holding.
 Prevention of alienation & restoration of aliented tribal
land.

8. Outcomes of Land reforms
1. Abolition of Jamindars and Jagirdars:
 The power of Jamindars and Jagirdars have become
extinct.
 The abolition of intermediaries have ceased exploitation.
 Transfer of land to peasants from intermediaries reduced
inequalities.
 The ex-jamindars have engaged themselves to
contributing for National growth.

9. Failures of Land reforms
 State side with big farmers.
 Big farmers corner the land of marginalized farmers.
 Lack of political will
 Binami transactions.
 Surplus land is always fallow and uncultivable