Inadequate land reforms reason for poverty and social unrest
Ahmed, Masood
In the recent times land reforms in developing countries are directly related to growth and social welfare and aimed at improving poorrs access to the land in order to reduce poverty that is so widespread. In India, since independence various policies and movements to implement land reforms have been put into effect, but benefits of such efforts are questioned. The first reason for this is the persisting poverty figures that remain on the higher side despite all efforts. Secondly, rise in income through such measures for the poverty ridden population is also dismal. And thirdly, a huge migrating population towards the big cities in search of livelihood questions the present polices of land reforms. This paper aims to study land reforms as a means to combat poverty and redistribution of land in order to press for a more productive utilization of resources. It is implied that inadequate land reforms are directly related to the prevailing poverty figure. This research paper deeply evaluates various reasons for not having the desired reforms and their impact over the present social unrest in various states where the population has taken the path of violence as a means to achieve their objective, especially the Naxalite movement (the armed struggle by the poor and the deprived class people).
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