What are the major issues around land rights in areas governed by Fifth and Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution? Discuss with suitable examples.

As per Article 244(1) of the Constitution of India, the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution deals with the administration and control of the scheduled areas and schedule tribes of India. It provides for the following: It extends the executive power ..

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Is the new land acquisition law is effective in addressing the issues pertaining to land acquisition? What are the problems faced by the affected people?

On January 1, 2014, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 came into force. It replaced the Land Acquisition Act of 1894. The law regulates the acquisition of land by government (Centre ..

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The Land Pooling strategy for the new capital of Andhra Pradesh can become an example for Centre as well as other states in India. Discuss.

The Andhra Pradesh government has adopted land pooling strategy to collect the land as an alternative to land acquisition. Under the land pooling concept, small parcels of land and pooled from the various large owners contributed voluntarily would be developed ..

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Critically examine the performance of Land Ceiling acts / reforms in Independent India.

Land ceiling means fixing maximum size of land holding that an individual or family can own. The land above the ceiling limit, called surplus land and the surplus land is distributed among small farmers, tenants, landless labourers or handed over ..

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Critically examine the circumstances in which Zamindari Abolition Acts were passed in newly independent India throwing light on the outcomes of the enactments.

When the exploitation of Zamindars on peasants increased and government failed to frame the policies for peasants’ savior. There came a need to abolish the Zamindari system. However, the process of passing Zamindari abolition bills had started even when the ..

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Discuss the tenancy reforms in independent India throwing light on their achievements.

Tenancy reforms aimed to regulation of rent, providing security of tenure and conferring ownership to tenants. Regulation of Rent: With the enactment of legislation for regulating the rent payable by the cultivators in the early 1950s, fair rent was fixed ..

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