Realities of Inequality in Rural India: A Few Clarifications
Introduction A new set of claims on reduction in [...]
The Paltry Increase in MSP for Rabi 2022-23 Crops Will Not Address the Growing Farming Crisis
The announcement on September 8, 2021 of the Minimum Support [...]
Deprivation in a Developed Economy: Recent Findings from the United Kingdom
Professor Philip Alston, the current United Nations Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, has recently reported on conditions of extreme poverty and denial of human rights in the United Kingdom (Alston 2018). The report highlights such conditions with special reference to the effects of ongoing austerity measures.
Agricultural Tenancy and the Recommendations of the Dalwai Committee
Land reform is an essential condition for removing the burden of absolute ground rent and set free the forces of production in agriculture in a rural society of a developing economy. Agricultural tenancy reform is an important component of land reform, where the state ensures security of tenure and maintains regulation of rent in particular in order to protect rights to cultivation of tenant farmers.