Land of a Billion- Ep 3: How Land Records Can Help Optimise Welfare Schemes for Farmers
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Land of a Billion- Ep 2: How Can Mapping of ‘Abadi’ Land Help Rural Communities in India?
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Land of a Billion- Ep 1: Mumbai has over 2 lakh vacant houses. Then what explains the slums?
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India’s Housing Vacancy Paradox
India has 12.38% of its urban housing stock vacant. The paper looks at three possible explanations for vacancy rates: pro-tenant rent control laws, effectiveness in contract enforcement, and under-provision of public goods and amenities.
Do Property rights explain health outcomes of adolescent girls in India?
This paper focuses on studying property rights as a pathway to social mobility by analysing how property rights determine health outcomes among adolescent girls belonging to difference socio-economic backgrounds. Evidence from existing literature indicates that children, including adolescents, from disadvantaged sections of the society demonstrate adverse health outcomes, ceteris paribus. This, in turn, prevents them … Continue reading Do Property rights explain health outcomes of adolescent girls in India?
When Land comes in the Way: India’s Connectivity Infrastructure in Nepal
Land acquisition for infrastructure projects abroad is one of the principal challenges the Indian government faces while pursuing its strategy of regional connectivity in South Asia. This paper examines two in-depth case studies on Indian-funded infrastructure projects in Nepal and surveys the institutional impediments and expertise deficiencies that cause delays in the process of land acquisition. … Continue reading When Land comes in the Way: India’s Connectivity Infrastructure in Nepal
The Challenge of Building State Capacity in the Land Administration in Rajasthan: Creating a Regulatory Administration in Land
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 improve land administration by undertaking programmes 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
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 obstacles in successfully using this data for … 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
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An unlikely common strand of 2020 — land and property rights
A continued focus on land and property rights is important — these cross-cutting issues not only impact the growth of India’s economy but play an important role in the lives of all Indians.
Property Rights: A Conversation Whose Time Is Now
This article was originally published on LiveLaw on 24 July 2020, and can be viewed here. As multitudes of migrant workers took to the streets to walk hundreds of kilometres away from India’s cities, even as the COVID-lockdown had compelled everyone else to stay in their homes, it inevitably brought to fore the scale of the housing crises[1] … Continue reading Property Rights: A Conversation Whose Time Is Now
#Charcha2020 Blog Series: #LandPower – Empowering Dalits through Land
As part of the Charcha 2020 dialogues held in May, Omidyar Network India hosted a track on Land and Property Inclusivity, where the #LandPower session looked at how geospatial tools can accelerate people’s ability to secure their property rights.
#Charcha2020 Blog Series: #Tech4Land
As part of the Charcha 2020 dialogues held in May, Omidyar Network India hosted a track on Land and Property Inclusivity, where the #Tech4Land session looked at how geospatial tools can accelerate people’s ability to secure their property rights.
Securing property and land rights in India
Land governance and property rights have been historically overlooked in India, and reforming them is critical to securing high growth.
Podcast: The Unfinished Journey of Women’s Property Rights
What do property rights mean for women in India in 2020? How can we think about women’s property rights, the legal context and the cultural challenges to women owning property in India? Shipra Deo and Devendra Damle spoke to host Pavan Srinath about the long struggle for women to secure property rights and land … Continue reading Podcast: The Unfinished Journey of Women’s Property Rights