A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India
In India, as in many developing countries, land continues to have enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. How access to land can be obtained, and how ownership of land can be documented, are questions essential to the livelihoods of the...
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okr-10986-95342021-04-23T14:02:45Z A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India Deininger, Klaus ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURE CULTIVATION ENVIRONMENTS FOREST IMPROVED LAND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RECORDS LAND REFORMS LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LAND VALUES MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC PUBLIC LANDS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING REVENUE LANDS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF-HELP TENURE URBAN AREAS In India, as in many developing countries, land continues to have enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. How access to land can be obtained, and how ownership of land can be documented, are questions essential to the livelihoods of the large majority of the poor, especially in rural and tribal areas. Answers to these questions will determine to what extent India's increasingly scarce natural resources are managed. Moreover, land policy and administration are critical determinants of the transaction costs associated with accessing and transferring land, both for business and residential use. This will affect how easily land can be used as collateral for credit and the development of the financial sector. Land continues to be a major source of government revenue through stamp duties, and is a key element in implementing a wide range of government programs. Land policies and institutions will have a far-reaching impact on the country's ability to sustain high rates of growth, on the degree that economic growth benefits the poor, and on the level and spatial distribution of economic activity. To make progress towards the long term goal of improved land administration and policy in India, a number of immediate steps are recommended. First, expand computerization and integration and use of textual records to ensure full coverage. Second, establish a spatial framework capable of achieving full coverage with reasonable time and resource requirements, at lest in the medium term. Third, pilot ways to improve textual and spatial records for well-defined situations to establish processes that can be scaled up rapidly, improving textual and spatial records. Fourth, allow private sector participation in surveying, focusing government on a regulatory role, reduce stamp duty rates, and explore the scope for replacing them with a land tax. 2012-08-13T08:53:32Z 2012-08-13T08:53:32Z 2008-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9033924/strategy-improving-land-administration-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9534 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 33 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURE CULTIVATION ENVIRONMENTS FOREST IMPROVED LAND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RECORDS LAND REFORMS LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LAND VALUES MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC PUBLIC LANDS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING REVENUE LANDS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF-HELP TENURE URBAN AREAS |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURE CULTIVATION ENVIRONMENTS FOREST IMPROVED LAND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RECORDS LAND REFORMS LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LAND VALUES MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC PUBLIC LANDS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING REVENUE LANDS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF-HELP TENURE URBAN AREAS Deininger, Klaus A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India |
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In India, as in many developing
countries, land continues to have enormous economic, social,
and symbolic relevance. How access to land can be obtained,
and how ownership of land can be documented, are questions
essential to the livelihoods of the large majority of the
poor, especially in rural and tribal areas. Answers to these
questions will determine to what extent India's
increasingly scarce natural resources are managed. Moreover,
land policy and administration are critical determinants of
the transaction costs associated with accessing and
transferring land, both for business and residential use.
This will affect how easily land can be used as collateral
for credit and the development of the financial sector. Land
continues to be a major source of government revenue through
stamp duties, and is a key element in implementing a wide
range of government programs. Land policies and institutions
will have a far-reaching impact on the country's
ability to sustain high rates of growth, on the degree that
economic growth benefits the poor, and on the level and
spatial distribution of economic activity. To make progress
towards the long term goal of improved land administration
and policy in India, a number of immediate steps are
recommended. First, expand computerization and integration
and use of textual records to ensure full coverage. Second,
establish a spatial framework capable of achieving full
coverage with reasonable time and resource requirements, at
lest in the medium term. Third, pilot ways to improve
textual and spatial records for well-defined situations to
establish processes that can be scaled up rapidly, improving
textual and spatial records. Fourth, allow private sector
participation in surveying, focusing government on a
regulatory role, reduce stamp duty rates, and explore the
scope for replacing them with a land tax. |
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Deininger, Klaus |
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Deininger, Klaus |
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A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India |
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A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India |
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A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India |
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A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India |
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A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India |
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strategy for improving land administration in india |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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