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Land matters
Dr Nivedita Haran
Land is one of the most crucial and precious assets that mankind holds. It is necessary for existence and development. Land administration covers a gamut of aspects: land record, titling, fees, cess and taxes, modernizing land records, public land inventory and protecting them, urban master plans and many, many more.
In India as in most other nations land is the domain of the states or the regions as land-related nuances are too varied to be handled centrally.....
India badly needs greater analytical, policy & procedural clarity on land-related issues
Dr Shekhar Shah
India is among the world’s most land-scarce countries relative to population. By 2050, using current population growth projections, land per capita in India will decline four fold: China will have four times more land per capita and Brazil some 20 times. Security of property rights and land titles are fundamental to well-functioning land and housing markets, themselves essential for robust economic activity in agriculture, manufacturing and services. Land market distortions in India were estimated....