Impact of land reforms on agriculture and rural development : proceedings and papers of the National Workshop held at NIRD during : December 16 - 18, 1991 / edited by Tarlok Singh

This volume is the outcome of a National Seminar on "Impact of Land Reforms on Agriculture and Rural Development", organised jointly by the Indian. Association of Social Science Institutions, New Delhi and the Centre for Agrarian Studies, NIRD, during December 16-18, 1991. The Seminar was attended by at galaxy of eminent scholars, development administrators and policy makers. In view of its topical interest, we thought it appropriate to publish the proceedings along with select papers and recommendations of the Seminar for their wider sharing.

Ever since independence, high priority is being accorded to land reforms in the strategy of agricultural development in India. However, due to various political and administrative constraints, the progress in the implementation of land reforms has been somewhat tardy. This volume presents a regional perspective of the impact of land reforms on agriculture and rural development. It also throws light on the future directions of land reforms and rural development. I am sure, this edited volume will be of great value to research scholars, planners, policy makers and development administrators.

This volume is divided into four sections Section I carries the inaugural address of Prof. K.N. Raj, theme paper by Dr. Tarlok Singh and the background paper by Dr. T. Haque. Section II contains select papers presented at the Seminar. In Section III, the view point and proceedings are summarised. The main recommendations of the Seminar are presented in Section IV.