Land leasing needs a sound law

The concept of imposing limits on land ownership and acquiring surplus land for allocation to landless people, in fact, seldom served its intended objective of equitable distribution of farmland

Abrogating the ceiling on agricultural holdings and legalising land leasing are the two reforms that the farm sector vitally needs. While land ceiling has lost its relevance because most large holdings have already been divided and fragmented into smaller pieces on being passed on to succeeding generations, legal validation of land leasing is imperative to ensure jurisdictional security to both landowners and tenants. Only a statutory regime that safeguards the rights and interests of both proprietors and tenants can check further shrinkage of operational holdings, most of which have already become too small to be economically viable.

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