Agrarian Questions under Neoliberal Economic Policies in India: A Review and Analysis of Dispossession and Depeasantisation

The agrarian communities in India are continuously facing the threats of eviction for development projects such as mining, industries, hydro projects and other infrastructure projects from the beginning of colonial administration. But these issues have been further complicated after neoliberal econo...

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Published in:The Oriental Anthropologist 2017-06, Vol.17 (1), p.17-42
Main Authors: Rao, P. Venkata, Behera, Hari Charan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Capitalism
Development programs
Development projects
Discrimination
Economic policy
Evictions
Farmers
Infrastructure
Land purchases
Literature reviews
Manual workers
Mining industry
Neoliberalism
Politics
Property rights
Proprietorships
Rural communities
Tenants
Transformation
Urban growth
Urban sprawl
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Summary:The agrarian communities in India are continuously facing the threats of eviction for development projects such as mining, industries, hydro projects and other infrastructure projects from the beginning of colonial administration. But these issues have been further complicated after neoliberal economic drive in recent period. Increase in land flow from agricultural sector to non-agricultural sector under advanced capitalism has witnessed paramount ill effect on rural farmers. Both depeasantisation and dispossession have occurred at the backdrop of new economic policies. The nature of such transformation has reinvigorated new agrarian discourse. The expansion of SEZ and dramatic rise of uncontrolled and unplanned urban sprawl have apparently made the agrarian issues more complex in recent time. Agriculture is undoubtedly passing through critical phase of discrimination and dispossession. In this paper the authors have tried to analyze such issues on the basis of literature review, data obtained from secondary sources and reports of various agencies.
ISSN:0972-558X
0976-3430
DOI:10.1177/0976343020170102