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investments in land
-Clear land titles will lead to higher accessibility of credit.
Land bank
A land bank held by a public agency
is being considered in which
interested landowners could deposit
their land parcels for cultivators to
lease land. Under this system, the
public agency acts as an intermediary
and transfers rent from the actual
cultivator to owner while charging a
small fee to cover its costs. This is
expected to permit the consolidation
of operational landholdings, given the
steadily declining size of and
fragmentation of farmland holdings in
the country.
The fears remain on the way of implementation of the land leasing as it may
lead to:
-Revival of the land lord-serf relationship
-High rents leading to exploitation
-May also be used as a disguise for forced and bonded labour
However, if land leasing is properly regulated with adequate set of rules and
safeguards for the tenants, it may prove a boon for Indian agriculture and may
help to correct a multitude of problems like food security, malnourishment etc.