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This volume critically reviews the implementation of land reforms legislation in the state of Karnataka. It presents the most recent data available in order to provide a holistic understanding of both the historical evolution and the current grassroots situation of land reforms of the state. Written by scholars, activists and administrators, the chapters in this book examine a wide range of issues. These include the continued relevance of land reforms in the ...
This book, which is the result of extensive fieldwork, makes an attempt to identify and understand the survival strategies of the rural and the urban poor and, in the light of the findings, presents policy measures for poverty alleviation. The book is unique in that its approach to studying the survival strategies makes a departure from the conventional economists' approach and the approach followed by the sociologists and anthropologists. Combining these two ...
Mr. Abdul Aziz's monograph on "The Imperial Treasury of the Greater Mughuls" is a work of solid research, sound judgement and great industry. His introductory chapter on the Imperial Household is excellent , and he has discussed the material with discrimination and tact. Mr. Aziz then discusses the sources of revenue in the time of greater Mughuls and calculates their value, with his customary caution, detachment and precision. The other articles deal ...