How Climate Change Can be Fought With Secure Property Rights
Over the last few years, leaders of several countries across the world have realised the organic link between land, property rights, and cli...
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Land of a Billion
Hosted by Bhargavi Zaveri, ‘Land of a Billion’ brings you expert conversations about the most contentious of the holy roti-kapda-makaan trinity – the makaan over our heads, and the larger ec...
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20 episodes
Why Do Women Farmers Still Lack Access to Agricultural Land Ownership?
The 2011 census suggests that four out of five women workers in rural India work in agriculture as owner cultivators or as wage workers. How...
Securing Property Rights for Slum Dwellers: The Successes From Odisha
There are between 60 to 90 million people living in slums across India. Owing to the poor or complete lack of property rights, the slum dwel...
How Can Technology Help in Providing Secure Property Rights?
Over the last few years, technology has made inroads in almost all aspects our lives — work, education, social interactions, governance and...
RERA Act: How Effective Has it Been to Offer Consumer Protection to Home Buyers?
It’s been nearly 6 years since the launch of RERA (Real Estate Regulation & Development Act) scheme which seeks to offer consumer protection...
How Inheritance Laws Continue to Hinder Access to Property for Trans Persons
The property rights of transgender persons, including their right to inheritance, have garnered little attention. Considering that ‘immovabl...
Unravelling India’s Land Laws: Why do we have over 500 land laws and what impact does it have?
Land Laws in India are a complicated set of rules that are usually not very easy to comprehend. However, there is an ardent need to understa...
The Model Tenancy Act: What Does It Mean for India’s Rental Housing Market?
With the motive of opening up the rental housing markets in India, the Union government passed the Model Tenancy Act, 2021. The MTA aims to...
Land Acquisition Disputes in India: What does the Law Say and How It Impacts Those Involved
Many parts of India are affected by a number of land acquisition disputes that stretch over years in courts. A 2017 study by Daksh shows tha...
Digital Land Records: How Can it Help The Common Man and Where Does India Stand?
Land is one of the most important financial assets for Indians, and yet also one of the most disputed. Many of us have experienced the frust...
Land of a Billion, Season 2 Teaser
Welcome to Season 2 of The Quint's fortnightly podcast, Land of a Billion. I'm Bhargavi Zaveri, your host for this season. Through this podc...
What Role Have Land Reforms Played in Shaping India's Property Rights?
In our last few episodes, we have dived deep into various issues that concern property rights - from discussing the extent and impact of wea...
How Can We Make Indian Cities More Affordable and Resilient?
As urban areas became the epicentres of COVID-19, it sparked several conversations about the frailties of Indian cities — the lack of afford...
How Can Reforms to Land Tenancy Laws Help Farmers?
With farmers at the forefront of the political discourse today, what are some of the more structural issues which are a part of the larger e...
How Can Forest Dwelling Populations Protect Their Land Rights?
Forests, regarded both as safeguards of biodiversity, as well as rich reserves of valuable resources, are often subject to unique laws and p...
How Can Technology Solve Issues of Land & Property in India?
The anxiety that comes with buying a plot of land or a house, is one that a majority of Indians are familiar with. Am I being quoted a fair...
How Land Records Can Help Optimise Welfare Schemes for Farmers
As the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown heavily impacted the economy, to address the impact on the agricultural sector and fears over food...
How Can Mapping of 'Abadi' Land Help Rural Communities in India?
Surveying and mapping land have long served as the foundation for effective governance and administration. However, in large parts of rural...
Mumbai Has 2 Lakh Vacant Houses, Then What Explains the Slums?
Two out of every five people in Mumbai live in slums today. The sight of large clusters of blue tarped sheets over tinned walls is one that...
What 'Land of a Billion' is All About
The 'Land of a Billion' podcast aims to look at the various issues that challenge our secure access to land, housing and property rights in...