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Agricultural Land use Changes in India
Agricultural land converted to non-agricultural uses is often understood as ‘development’. While high growth, rich states have managed to hold on, the low growth poorer states have lost significant am...
Do Bigha Zameen: Dispossessing the Farmer
The marginal farmer is today pitted against the hegemony of the state and its collaborator—the private developer, even as the developing economy fails to provide alternative livelihoods to those in se...
Pauperised by Development
Tribes are marginalised to make way for the well-being of the economically and politically stronger. However, the neo-liberal regime has ensured that these communities are pushed into near obliteratio...
Land and the Position of Women
The position of women in north and south India is inherently linked to the terrain. Marriage rituals provide a clue to the demands made on the land articulated through, societal norms.
Wetlands Grabbed
Notwithstanding existing legislation enacted by the West Bengal government to protect wetlands and water-bodies, wetlands in the State continue to be grabbed by realtors and industry.
Turbines of Trouble: A Question of Scale and Land
Wind energy is widely celebrated as green energy. However, wind farms can have far reaching environmental and social consequences.
A Career in Land Management
Careers options related to land use, planning and development are enormous. Although a science background may be required in most, there are several courses that do not demand such a background. CEPT...
India’s Smart Cities
The concept of smart cities is gaining ground with the government’s resolve to set up 100 new smart cities all over the country. To be smart, each such city should be able to deliver basic and infrast...
Panchayat Revenues and Fiscal Decentralisation
Fiscal decentralisation can be meaningful only when the panchayat has adequate untied funds to provide the public services assigned to them. Presently, the sources of revenues for the panchayat are in...