Using the latest National Sample Survey Office data on land distribution and use, questions of agrarian change in India are revisited. With reducing landholding size in general, the increasing unviability of such small plots, and increasing numbers of "effectively" landless households, the larger questions of employment and sectoral shifts are flagged. There is still no clear transition away from agriculture.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/agrarian-question-india-indications-nsso%E2%80%99s-70th-round
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c-r-yadu
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/satheesha-b
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-ownership
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landless
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-nregs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unemployment
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-habitat
