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  1. Library Resource
    Best Practices in Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP)
    Reports & Research
    July, 2020
    India

    India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but its growth potential can be further enhanced by improving the land governance system in the country. The manual system of maintenance and updation of land records practiced earlier resulted in poor and outdated land records. As a result, nearly two-thirds of all pending cases in Indian courts were related to property disputes. Millions of Indians could not use their principal asset as collateral to borrow from the former financial system. The poor suffer the most. A large proportion of government land lied unused.

  2. Library Resource
    EnviStats India 2021

    Vol. 1: Environment Statistics

    Reports & Research
    March, 2021
    India

    Environment statistics enumerate various aspects of the environment and human interactions with it. The scope of environment statistics encompasses all dimensions of the environment, be it Earth, Water or Air, the biotic and abiotiv matter found within the natural environment, and various concerns arising out of impacts of human footprints on it. The objective of environment statistics is to provide information about the environment, its changes over time and across locations, and the main factors that influence them.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1999
    India

    The report was produced by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Government of India on Common Property Resources (CPR) in rural areas of the country, as part of its 54th Round survey conducted during January-June, 1998.

    It presents a brief introduction to the perspectives and discussed on the definitions and concepts of CPR.  The enquiry aimed at providing certain basic statistics on the size of CPRs, type of benefits derived and the magnitude and proportion of households making use of CPRs.

  4. Library Resource
    India State of Forest Report 2015
    Reports & Research
    April, 2015
    India

    Status of Forest Report is published every two years by Forestr Survey of India, an autonomous agency under Indian Ministry of Environment and Forest.


    It covers forest areas, forest cover, density, mapping, etc with information from national, States and district level. 

  5. Library Resource
    Legislation
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    This Act prohibits the conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes except with a written permission granted by the Government as provided for in the text.The Act provides for the establishment of the State Land Use Board and defines its powers and functions, which include: take stock of present land use in the State and lay down broad guidelines for optimum utilization of land; formulate policies and lay down broad guidelines to protect good agricultural lands against degradation; review forest laws with particular reference to the problems relating to the degradation and

  6. Library Resource

    An Act to consolidate, amend and unify the law relating to the survey of lands and settlement of boundary disputes in the State of Kerala.

    Legislation
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    This Act provides for the survey of soil and land and the demarcation of land with boundary marks. It also defines the powers of Survey Officers authorized to carry out land or soil survey.The Act prohibits registered holders of any land in the State to transfer or dispose of any land without presenting a survey map along with the title deeds for registration prepared by licensed surveyors.

  7. Library Resource

    An Act to provide for the vesting in the Government of ecologically fragile lands in the State of Kerala and for the management of such lands with a view to maintaining ecological balance and conserving the bio-diversity.

    Legislation
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    This Act aims at transferring to and vesting in the Government the ownership and possession of all ecologically fragile lands held by any person in order to minimize the degradation of these ecosystems and their biological diversity.The Government shall have the right to declare any land to be ecologically fragile land which shall be deemed to be reserved forests according to the provisions of this Act.The Act provides for the constitution and functions of an Advisory Committee which shall be responsible for identifying ecologically fragile lands which shall then be managed by Forest Depart

  8. Library Resource

    An Act to amend, consolidate and re-enact the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Regulation No. 1 of 1980.

    Legislation
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    This Act provides for the making and maintenance of records-of-rights in land, the assessment and collection of the land revenue and other matters relating to land.The Act provides for classes and powers of Revenue Officers who shall be under the general superintendence and control of the Government.The Act further provides for: appeals; preparation of passbook for every land holder containing records of rights, agricultural holdings, transfer of rights, subsidies, etc.; rights of the Government in mines and minerals; provisions relating to Royal and reserved trees; etc.

  9. Library Resource

    An Act to check the unauthorized occupation of Government lands.

    Legislation
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    This Act provides for the unauthorized occupation of Government lands.The Act stipulates that a licence issued by the Government shall be obtained in order to occupy land which is property of the Government, and that in order to remove earth, metal, laterite, lime-shell, etc. from Government land a permit must be obtained.The Act further provides for: punishments for occupying Government land without authorization; levies of assessment on occupied Government lands; penalties for destruction or appropriation of trees; etc.

  10. Library Resource
    Legislation
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    This Act, consisting of eight Parts, establishes the requirements for land acquisition. It specifies costs, prices and other financial matters related to above mentioned land acquisition.

    Amended by: Land Acquisition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1980 (No. 11 of 1981). (1981-03-18)

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