Search results

1. Library Resource

   

   Kerala Land Development Act, 1964 (Act No. 17 of 1964).

   Legislation

   India, Asia, Southern Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   farming systems

   deforestation

   compensation

   land management

   forest conservation

   forest land

   This Act provides for the establishment of the Land Development Board and defines its composition and functions, which include to direct the District Committees for the preparation of draft schemes and approve them, to advise Government on the strategies to be followed for land and water conservation as well as eco-restoration, etc.The Act also establishes District Committees, a Padasekharam Committee, and a Watershed committee.The Act sets out procedures for the preparation, and contents of, Land Development Schemes which shall provide for: control and prevention of soil erosion; preservat

2. Library Resource

   

   Climate Change Impacts in Drought and Flood Affected Areas : Case Studies in India

   June, 2012

   India

   agriculture

   climate change

   compensation

   farmers

   food security

   forestry

   land use

   land-use planning

   rural development

   transaction costs

   water management

   The aim of this study is to assist the
   government in this endeavor by focusing on selected
   priorities. The overarching objective of this report is to
   promote the mainstreaming and integration of climate related
   risks in India's development policies and processes,
   where this is appropriate. The objectives and scope of work
   were developed in close consultation with the Ministry of
   Environment and Forests as the primary counterpart, a
   

3. Library Resource

   

   Soil Endowments, Production Technologies and Missing Women in India

   March, 2012

   India

   agriculture

   compensation

   farming systems

   land management

   land ownership

   land use

   land-use planning

   occupation

   rural areas

   rural population

   urban areas

   The female population deficit in India
   has been explained in a number of ways, but the great
   heterogeneity in the deficit across districts within India
   still remains an open question. This paper argues that
   across India, a largely agrarian economy, soil texture
   varies exogenously and determines the workability of the
   soil and the technology used in land preparation. Deep
   tillage, possible only in lighter and looser loamy soils,
   

4. Library Resource

   

   Soil Endowments, Female Labor Force Participation and the Demographic Deficit of Women in India

   November, 2014

   India

   Urban Tenure

   agriculture

   compensation

   farming systems

   land management

   land ownership

   land use

   land-use planning

   rural areas

   rural population

   urban areas

   urbanization

   Differences in relative female
   employment by soil texture are used to explain the
   heterogeneous deficit of female children across districts
   within India. Soil texture varies exogenously and determines
   the depth of land tillage. Deep tillage, possible in loamy
   but not in clayey soil textures, reduces the demand for
   labor in agricultural tasks traditionally performed by
   women. Girls have a lower economic value where female labor
   

5. Library Resource

   

   India - Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction

   June, 2012

   India

   Urban Tenure

   Land & Investments

   agriculture

   compensation

   forest land

   land administration

   land markets

   land ownership

   land reform

   land registration

   land rights

   land transfers

   land use

   landlessness

   property rights

   rural development

   urban areas

   urbanization

   In India, land continues to be of
   enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. The main
   purpose of this report is to review new empirical evidence
   on land administration and land policy, as well as the
   possible interaction between the two, to derive policy
   conclusions. The empirical basis for the discussion of land
   administration is provided by a review of land records,
   survey and settlement, and land registration in 14 states.
   

6. Library Resource

   

   Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003 (Act No. 21 of 2005).

   An Act to provide for the vesting in the Government of ecologically fragile lands in the State of Kerala and for the management of such lands with a view to maintaining ecological balance and conserving the bio-diversity.

   Legislation

   India, Asia, Southern Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   forestry

   compensation

   protected areas

   land management

   forest management plans

   This Act aims at transferring to and vesting in the Government the ownership and possession of all ecologically fragile lands held by any person in order to minimize the degradation of these ecosystems and their biological diversity.The Government shall have the right to declare any land to be ecologically fragile land which shall be deemed to be reserved forests according to the provisions of this Act.The Act provides for the constitution and functions of an Advisory Committee which shall be responsible for identifying ecologically fragile lands which shall then be managed by Forest Depart