The Challenge of Building State Capacity in the Land Administration in Rajasthan: Creating a Regulatory Administration in Land
National Institute Of Public Finance And Policy (NIPFP)
Problems with the e-Courts data
National Institute Of Public Finance And Policy (NIPFP)
Mobility and Tenure Choice in Urban India
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Odisha Informal Settlements: Land Retitling Project
Omidyar Network India partnered with Tata Trusts and the Government of Odisha to undertake a land retitling project for the state’s informal settlements. With the use of drone technology, more than 200,000 households were mapped in less than a year. Land security is crucial for those living in informal settlements, and a major mapping and retitling project, such as this one, goes a long way in ensuring livelihoods.
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The Challenge of Building State Capacity in the Land Administration in Rajasthan: Creating a Regulatory Administration in Land
You may download the original paper here. The quality of land markets and tenurial rights in land are significantly dependent on the quality of land administration. In most countries, governments provide services that can be defined as land administration including land record management, land valuation and tenure protection. In India the government has attempted to … Continue reading The Challenge of Building State Capacity in the Land Administration in Rajasthan: Creating a Regulatory Administration in Land
Problems with the e-Courts data
You may download the original publication here. The creation of the e-Courts platform for disseminating data from the subordinate judiciary was an important step in making Indian courts more transparent. This platform has also prompted an interest in data-driven research on courts. While the e-Courts platform is a major reform in itself, there are numerous … Continue reading Problems with the e-Courts data
Land and Sustainable Development Goals
Land features as both an explicit and implicit parameter within the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework. It appears prominently as part of SDG 1: ‘Removing poverty in all forms’, via ensuring equal rights to economic resources including control over land and other forms of property, especially for the poor and vulnerable (Target 1.4). Secure and … Continue reading Land and Sustainable Development Goals
IIHS Brief 8: Framing a Land Pooling Policy: key prerequisites
Land is a scarce but vital resource required for all large public infrastructural projects of national importance, which are critical for the economic development of the country. Till 2013, land for development purposes was acquired by states under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. This was replaced by the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in … Continue reading IIHS Brief 8: Framing a Land Pooling Policy: key prerequisites
IIHS Brief 7: Property Record Maintenance in Delhi: key issues and recommendations
The proper maintenance of land and property records is crucial for effective land governance. It can help ease land transactions, enhance revenue collection, aid dispute resolution and reduce the risk of fraudulent transactions. Given that India follows a system of presumptive titling—which means that ownership can be claimed as long as the title is not … Continue reading IIHS Brief 7: Property Record Maintenance in Delhi: key issues and recommendations
IIHS Brief 6: Analysing the Efficiency and Suitability of Drone Technology for City-Surveys in Maharashtra
Since the launch of the National Land Records Modernisation Programme (NLRMP) by the Government of India (now the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)) in August 2008, land and property records have been a part of important administrative discussions. As is the case with most of India, land records in Maharashtra are largely limited … Continue reading IIHS Brief 6: Analysing the Efficiency and Suitability of Drone Technology for City-Surveys in Maharashtra
IIHS Brief 5: Updating Land Records in Telangana: suggested amendments to the Rythu Vari Bhu Survey
On 23 August 2017, the Chief Minister of Telangana announced a statewide survey of land and land records with the aim of ‘purifying’ them. Work under the Telangana Land Records Updation Project (LRUP) was to be divided across two phases, in order to cover rural and then urban areas. The first phase— ‘Rythu Vari Bhu … Continue reading IIHS Brief 5: Updating Land Records in Telangana: suggested amendments to the Rythu Vari Bhu Survey
IIHS Brief 4: Property Mapping in Maharashtra: selecting a suitable mapping technology
The Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), a central government scheme launched in August 2008, aims to improve the quality and accessibility of land records. These records, which provide details of a land parcel such as dimensions, ownership and value, exist in spatial and non-spatial forms. Maintained by state governments, they contain precise representations … Continue reading IIHS Brief 4: Property Mapping in Maharashtra: selecting a suitable mapping technology
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Lessons from the Rythu Bandhu DBT scheme for farmers: An explainer
How can we better design farmer income support programs- An infographic that takes us through the case study of the Rythu Bandhu Scheme, conducted by the Finance Research Group (FRG), formerly at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR).
In Himachal, effective forest management could make cities more resilient too
Originally published in Citizen Matters on 29 October, 2018. Forests become an easy scapegoat for urban infrastructure development. Recently, the National Highways Authority of India blamed meteorological events for triggering landslides in Himachal Pradesh, but such events are not the only cause of environmental degradation. With the reckless cutting of 23, 785 trees to four-lane the … Continue reading In Himachal, effective forest management could make cities more resilient too
Is Delhi ready for development based on land pooling?
Originally published on Citizen Matters on 26 October, 2018. On 11th October the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs notified a land pooling policy under the 2021 Master Plan for Delhi, to address the large scale housing gaps in Delhi. Through this policy, Delhi is set to get 17 lakh new affordable housing units, with a … Continue reading Is Delhi ready for development based on land pooling?
No Woman’s Land: Navigating issues of Land & Gender
This piece was originally published on the Omidyar Network India website on 25 June, 2020. As the world grapples with the idea of a new normal under the COVID-19 lockdown, there’s been a ripple effect of the pandemic across all aspects of our lives. Schools, workplaces, industries, markets, have all been compelled to reinvent and … Continue reading No Woman’s Land: Navigating issues of Land & Gender
Podcast: Land and Reforms in 2020
What land reforms does India need in 2020? How can we think about property rights, and a complicated legislative history and ground reality in India? Shekhar Shah and Pranab Ranjan Choudhury give host Pavan Srinath a masterclass on land and reform on Episode 142 of The Pragati Podcast. They discuss what constitutes property ownership in … Continue reading Podcast: Land and Reforms in 2020
Why land and property cobwebs make good plotlines for Bollywood
It is often said that cinema is a mirror to the society that it thrives in. The recently released film Gulabo Sitabo, directed by Shoojit Sircar with Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead, is a brilliant comedic take on the state of our property records. The very first Bollywood film to premiere entirely … Continue reading Why land and property cobwebs make good plotlines for Bollywood