All Rural Landless Households Must Get Some Farmland
A very important and much needed rural reform is getting increasingly neglected. This relates to the need for all rural households to have at least some farmland. While this is…
Landless Farmers
How ABSSS led a peaceful transition towards land for the landless and release and rehabilitation of bonded workers
While starting their work most voluntary organizations are reluctant to take up the most difficult issues. However when Gaya Prasad Gopal, popularly known as Gopal ji in development circles in…
Paddy harvesting and food security of landless farm workers
I recently travelled in the rural area of Atarra (in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh) at a time when paddy harvest was in full swing. Although mechanization of harvesting has…
Don’t Neglect Rural Landless and Farm Workers of Punjab:They Need Justice
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh The rural discourse in Punjab has not given the due attention to a very significant share of the population—the rural landless sections including farm…
The Truth of Yogi government’s promise to give 1.25 crore Land Pattas to Dalits
The Yogi government has been holding meetings and announcements to woo Dalits in different divisions of Uttar Pradesh for the last several months. Recently, on November 3, Yogi Adityanath, while…
Rural Landless Neglected Despite Being the Most Critical Segment for Poverty Alleviation
Landowning farmers ( kisans) present the most visible face of India’s villages, and most of the discussion is in their context. However a very important aspect of rural India seldom…
Land to the Landless still unfinished task in the country
The agenda of the central and state governments relating to land resources is slowly getting away from the long promises of freedom struggle, while we are celebrating the Azadi Ka…
Dalit-Adivasi in Uttar Pradesh and the question of land
According to the 2011 census, the total Scheduled Caste (Dalit) population in Uttar Pradesh is 4.13 crore, which is about 21% of the total population of Uttar Pradesh. According to…
Dalit assertion in Punjab
Spark of Resistance ignited by dalit agricultural labourers led by Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Commitee shimmers at a crescendo to engulf many a village in Punjab to score heroic victories The…
Land to the tillers for genuine food system change
The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC)'s observance of 29 March as "Land of the Landless: Land to the Tillers", reminds us of the words of Mahatma Gandhi: "In reality, the toilers…
Why We Should Never Forget the Needs and Concerns of Rural Landless Households
One message of Mahatma Gandhi which has remained of enduring significance for policy makers as well as for social activists is that whenever faced with doubt and uncertainty, keep in…
Bursting the Myth That Farmer Numbers Must Inevitably Decline in Course of Progress
One of the most widely prevalent beliefs of development discourse is that the number and share of farmers and farmer households in total population must inevitably decline in the course…
To What Extent is the Farmer’s Protest Representative of the Demands of Landless Farmers?
The category of ‘farmers’ is a hasty one, an entity perceived as homogenous by consumers in urban settings. This erases class, caste, gender and geopolitical differences which exist within the…
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