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 ecosystem of agriculture in India? For instance, with leasing out of agricultural land prohibited or restricted in most parts of the country - how does this affect the actual tiller of the land? Are they entitled to the same benefits as land-owning farmers? How do these laws affect the agricultural productivity in our country? In this context, we talk about the Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act drafted by NITI Aayog's special cell on land policy in 2016, and how it could help address some of the issues affecting farmers in our country today. Five years from when the Model Act was drafted, we look at what have been some of the broad conversations around the proposed tenancy reforms, including some of the criticisms against the Act. Tune in! Host: Abhishek Shah Guest: Dr T Haque, Agricultural economist & former Head of the Land Policy cell, NITI Aayog Music: Big Bang Fuzz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How Can Reforms to Land Tenancy Laws Help Farmers? is an episode from Land of a Billion by Ideabrew Studios.

This episode is 35:10 long.

This episode was published on Feb 22, 2021.

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