Land is an important source of identity, symbol of social status and foundation for rural power in India, often carrying significant emotional attachment. With a long history, diverse geography and pluralistic culture, land governance has evolved in India through communal, imperial, feudal, colonial and modern systems, gradually moving towards individualization and conclusive titling.
4 March 2021
Documented as part of the World Bank study Land Policy Reform for Agricultural Transformation in India by NRMC Centre for Land Governance, this series of case studies analyzes recent interventions by government and non-government organizations to secure land tenure rights for poor farmers…
24 November 2020
In a new study, researchers say that land inequality is rising in most countries. Worse, new measures and analysis proves that land inequality is significantly higher than previously recorded, with data reporting a 41 percent increase compared to traditional census data. The report, Uneven Ground:…
28 October 2020
An 83-year-old Jesuit priest imprisoned in India on accusations of terrorism has been targeted because of his defense of indigenous people's land rights, church and human rights leaders say. Fr. Stan Swamy, who is from India's Jamshedpur province, has worked among indigenous people, known…
Value: $3,130,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Value: $1,350,000.00
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Value: $5,665,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Donors: UK Department for International Development
16 November 2020
Last month, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, issued the first 0.1 million Rural Property Cards (RPCs) to communities across more than 763 villages in six states in rural India under the SVAMITVA scheme. The ambitious scheme, a collaborative project involving federal, state and local governing…
Land Governance for Accelerated and Inclusive Development 5-6 April, 2017, New Delhi, India Introduction Participant interviews Daily Wakelet Introduction Land is globally seen as a potential tool to create conditions and opportunities for realizing social and economic equality and maintain…
