Land Reform in the New Millennium: The Kerala Experience

This paper provides a critique of land reforms in Kerala. Some of the issues addressed by land reforms initiatives of the state government include redistribution of land, recuperation of land for farming, augmenting farm productivity and livelihood of landless peasants. Land reforms in Kerala have been a classical example overturning the malady of feudalism. It also captures the aspirations and struggles of certain tribes as well as landless peasants who fought for their right over land.