Land Leasing Laws
- The need for a law that formally recognizes tenancy has been felt widely. Such a law is not only a source of consolidation of land holding and other efficiency enhancing measures in land use but is also essential for the implementation of government programs and reforms that require the identification of the actual cultivator.
- Land Leasing: The Prime Minister’s Office has set up a group of 12 ministers to resolve differences over the proposed Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2016. The share of agriculture in the gross domestic product (GDP) is only about 14%, but it employs 49% of the country’s ....