Rural land lease market in post reforms ERA In India

The structural reforms and stabilization policies introduced in India in 1991 initially focused on industry, tax reforms, foreign trade and investment, banking and capital markets. The real development in terms of growth shared by all sections of the population has not taken place. One of the excluded sectors during the reform period was agriculture which showed low growth rate. In spite of various measures of land reforms undertaken since independence, high incidence of landlessness, growing marginalization of landholdings and informal, albeit insecure tenancies and consequentially poverty and indebtedness continue to plague India's rural economy. The paper analysis the percentage of landless households, estimates of operational land holdings, number and area of tenant holdings possessed by all social groups, changes in percentage distribution of operated area by type of possession in post reforms era and factors affecting land lease market. The objective of the study is to examine extent of land lease market in India and to analyze various factors affecting land lease market.