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Examine the changing initiatives of the land tenure system in India.

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  • Rural and Agrarian Social Structure

Land tenure is the bundle of rights that determines who may hold, cultivate, transfer and draw rent from land. India's tenure history is a sequence of initiatives, each correcting the last and breeding new distortions. Tested against what matters — whether the tiller holds secure, recorded rights — it shows real legal movement and stubborn…

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  • From revenue right to property right: the colonial settlements
  • Abolition: converting tenants into owners
  • Regulation that informalised tenure
  • The present turn: recording rather than prohibiting
  • Conclusion

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