The Political Economy of Land Reforms in Karnataka, A South Indian State

Thimmaiah, G.; Aziz, Abdul

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“…The agrarian reforms implemented after independence (1954 Mysore Inams abolition Act; 1961 and 1974 Land Reform Acts) 61 had little impact on the tenure situation in the area. In fact, only the inam lands, which were officially abolished in 1955 in Karnataka, were redistributed to the tenants 61 . Lingayat farmers, who owned most of the land in the area, were little affected, and some of them even benefitted from the redistribution of inam lands, on which they were sharecroppers.…”

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Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

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The development of irrigation is generally considered an efficient way to reduce poverty in rural areas, although its impact on the inequality between farmers is more debated. In fact, assessing the impact of water management on different categories of farmers requires resituating it within the different dimensions of the local socio-technical context. We tested this hypothesis in a semi-arid area in Karnataka, South India, where groundwater irrigation was introduced five decades ago. Using the conceptual framework of comparative agriculture, based on farmers’ interviews, we built a farm typology, traced the trajectories of farm types over the last decades and assessed their current technical and economic performances. Our results show that the differentiation of farm trajectories since the 1950s has been linked with the development of groundwater irrigation, interplaying with their initial assets, and the evolution of the national and local contexts. We highlight the mechanisms by which irrigation indeed reduces poverty but engenders fragilities, particularly for poor households, whose situation was aggravated by the depletion of water resources over the last two decades. Finally, this extensive understanding of the agrarian context allowed us to formulate and assess the potential of different ways forward, including irrigation technology, change in cropping or livestock systems, land tenure, and value added distribution. As such, this analysis would be of major interest to policy makers involved in reforming the agricultural context for better agricultural water management.

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“…From observations in this chapter, we see that Land reforms and deities 205 land transfers from landlords to tenants were not extensive in Perar, and as a result the existing system of land tenure was maintained on the whole, just as we saw in Chapter 9 when we examined the analyses of politico-economists on land reform in Karnataka (e.g. Thimmaiah & Aziz 1983;Pani 1984).…”

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“…Political economists, such as Thimmaiah and Aziz, classify the history of land reforms in Karnataka since independence into four periods, namely, 1947-1956: period from independence to reorganisation of the state; 1956-1971: period from reorganisation of the state to the period of the enactment of the Mysore Land Reforms Act;1971-1977 period of Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Act and its compulsory enforcement; and period after 1977. They examine the contents and results of the land reforms in each period, focusing on the actions of interest groups (Thimmaiah & Aziz 1983, 1984a, 1984b. Let us take a look at the outline of the history paying special attention to South Kanara.…”

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Modernity and Spirit Worship in India

Ishii¹

2019

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This book investigates the entangled relations between people's daily worship practices and their umwelt in South India. Focusing on the practices of spirit (būta) worship in the coastal area of Karnataka, it examines the relationship between people and deities.Based on extensive fieldwork, this book links important anthropological theories on personhood, perspectives, transactions, and gift-exchanges together with the Gestaltkreis theory of Viktor von Weizsäcker. First, it examines the relations between būta worship and land tenure, matriliny, and hierarchy in the society. It then explores the reflexive relationship between modern law and current practices based on conventional law, before examining new developments in būta worship with the rise of mega-industries and environmental movements. Furthermore, this book sheds light on the struggles and endeavours of the people who create and recreate their relations with the realm of sacred wildness, as well as the formations and transformations of the umwelt in perpetual social-political transition.Modernity and Spirit Worship in India will be of interest to academics in the field of anthropology, religious studies and the dynamics of religion, and South Asian Culture and Society. List of illustrationsvii Preface ix 1 Introduction: towards an anthropology of the umwelt PART ONE Humans and the wild śakti of deities 2 The land of paddy fields, forests, and deities 3 The būta shrine and deities in Perar 4 Pāḍdana: the oral epics of deities 5 Dances, oracles, and blessings in the ritual 6 The transaction of wild śakti 7 Playing with perspectives PART TWO Social transformations and the emergence of a new umwelt 8 Būta's agency in conflicts over the village shrine 9 Historical changes in land tenure in South Kanara 10 Modern law, customary law, and the reflexive imagination 11 Land reforms and deities as the 'owners of land' 12 Būtas in the midst of the development project Contents vi Contents 13 The new umwelt in the industrial plant 14 Conclusion: being, pathos, and the umwelt Glossary Bibliography IndexIn the month of māyi during the hottest and driest season, būta rituals are held in many villages in South Kanara, a coastal area in Karnataka. 1 Accompanied by drums and wind instruments played by Puruṣa musicians, spirit mediums of the Pambada or Nalike castes dance around the precincts of local shrines, issue oracles, and interact with people.As apotheosised local heroes or heroines or as the spirits of wild animals dwelling in forests, būtas are generally regarded as deities. While būtas may travel across regions, they are generally believed to be closely linked to the land and nature of localities. Though normally invisible, their power, or śakti, 2 fills the deep forests, hangs over the bush and ponds, and circulates through the woods, agricultural fields, and villages. Consequently, būtas are considered to originate from-and embody-a realm of sacred wildness.Fieldwork for this monograph was mainly carried out in the two adjoining villages of Mudu Perar and Padu ...

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“…Using statistical data,Thimmaaiah and Aziz (1983) show this for villages and Manor for posts in the federal government(1977; 1978).8 Upon my return to Saundatti in 1988, I was surprised to learn of the appointment to the Trustee of a former minor temple attendant whose sole merit, according to rumor, is that he is the cousin of an important official of agricultural affairs of the city of Belgaum.at University of Manitoba Libraries on June 24, 2015 dio.sagepub.com Downloaded from…”

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The State, the Temple and the “Divine Slave”

Assayag

1990

Diogenes (Engl. ed.)

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The religion of the Monk and of the dancing girl". K. Marx 1 Long considered to be institutions outside of time, the temples of India are today the subject of ethno-historical studies that attempt to establish their continuous and recent transformations.Recent monographs, based especially on relationships between the central government and local authorities, reconstruct by periods their medieval, modern and present history, that is the long destiny of constant restructuring over time (Appadurai 1981; Fuller 1984; Reiniche 1989), showing that temples, whether large

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The Political Economy of Land Reforms in Karnataka, A South Indian State

Cited by 8 publications

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Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

Modernity and Spirit Worship in India

The State, the Temple and the “Divine Slave”

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