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Changes in the Distribution of Operational Landholdings in Rural India: A Study of National Sample Survey Data

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  • Vikas Rawal

    (Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, vikasrawal@gmail.com.)

Abstract

This paper analyses National Sample survey data on changes in the distribution of operational holdings of land, using data from NSS surveys on employment and unemployment. The paper discusses the limitations of these statistics in some detail. Four main points emerge from the analysis: there has been a sharp rise in landlessness in rural India; caste disparities in access to land have persisted over time; there has been a rise in inequality in distribution of land cultivated by households; and there has been a decline in the proportion of manual labour households that combined wage labour with cultivation of small holdings. Finally, statistics on land distribution at the State level reveal some puzzling features Ð some of which point to possible errors in data collection.

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  • Vikas Rawal, 2013. "Changes in the Distribution of Operational Landholdings in Rural India: A Study of National Sample Survey Data," Journal, Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 3(2), pages 73-104, July, 201.
    • Handle: RePEc:fas:journl:v:3:y:2013:i:2:p:73-104
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    1. Cain, Mead, 1983. "Landlessness in India and Bangladesh: A Critical Review of National Data," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 32(1), pages 149-167, October.
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