Homestead land and livelihood initiatives
- New Delhi Manak 2015
- 367p.
Land is at the centre of rural lives in India. The poorest and the most vulnerable among the rural families are those who are landless and homeless. To address this need, the Government of India has taken many initiatives before by distributing land to the land poor. However, there has not been enough research and documentation done on the existing scenario of the homestead land distribution schemes in all spheres of the country. Many sources say that there has been many administrative lacunas in land distributionin regards to Patta distributions, Demarcations, Encroachments, Possessions, etc, which leads to lots of encumbrances to the beneficiaries. Therefore the aim of this volume is to build up knowledge on the subject and acknowledge the existing scenarios of the schemes on the ground through various academicians, bureaucrats and practitioners working in this field. It also aimed to identify innovative ways to influence the success of homestead redistribution schemes in improving livelihood of the poor in rural India, and also exploring certain best practices by linking Homestead with livelihood issues. Furthermore, this volume takes an opportunity to analyse the existing policies and enlighten upon the advantages and disadvantages of such schemes. The papers incorporated in this volume are highly informative and represent the author's experience in and exposure to the existing issues in different states of India. The recommendations that came up, informs the efficacy and innovative ways to improve such land redistribution schemes and policies in India. This is hoping to influence widespread government rectification and adoption of such new ideas within the schemes and policies and potentially improving the wellbeing of disadvantaged, especially women and the landless community,