Bataidari system
Bataidari system is a sharecropping, an agricultural practice where a landowner lends his land to another who spends money and labour and the produce is shared by the owner and the tenant.[1] it is prevalent in the state of Bihar in India where nearly 35% of cultivable land is under this system.[2][3][4]
History
The system was prevalent during British Raj in many parts of India, including fertile plains of Punjab, in other places the jotedar system was prevalent. Since most of the tenants were poor labourers they had to borrow money from moneylenders for cultivation, which perpetuated the cycle of poverty.[5] Though land reforms were implemented across Bihar after independence through the Bataidari Act, but deemed exploitative against labourer and lead to violence, especially caste violence between labour communities and landowners.[6][7] In the past, landforms have been demanded and even made a political plank in state assembly elections, especially by Left parties.[2]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Arun Kumar (11 October 2010). "Land reforms, bataidari' tops Left agenda". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Bihar BJP chief banks on Nitish for smooth seat-sharing talks". The Times of India. 31 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ Sita Ram Singh (1 January 2005). Land Reforms And Farm Diversity. APH Publishing. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-81-7648-838-9. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri. (2008). Peasant History of Late Pre-colonial and Colonial India. Pearson Education India. pp. 614–. ISBN 978-81-317-1688-5. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ Anil Kant Mishra (1 January 1998). Rural Tension In India. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-81-7141-416-1. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ Kedar Nath Prasad (1 January 1998). Dimensions of Development: Agriculture. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 378–. ISBN 978-81-7022-741-0. Retrieved 1 July 2013.