Bataidari system explained

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nitish Kumar's Honourable Exit: A brief history of caste politics. Economic and Political Weekly. 2013-07-01.
  2. Web site: Arun Kumar . Land reforms, bataidari' tops Left agenda . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102164848/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-11/patna/28268572_1_cpi-ml-land-reforms-vijaykant-thakur . dead . 2013-11-02 . 2010-10-11 . . 2013-07-01.
  3. Web site: Bihar BJP chief banks on Nitish for smooth seat-sharing talks . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102165016/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-31/india/28291828_1_bjp-ministers-bihar-bjp-bjp-office . dead . 2013-11-02 . 2010-05-31 . . 2013-07-01.
  4. Book: Sita Ram Singh. Land Reforms And Farm Diversity. 1 July 2013. 1 January 2005. APH Publishing. 978-81-7648-838-9. 81–82.
  5. Book: Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri.. Peasant History of Late Pre-colonial and Colonial India. 1 July 2013. 2008. Pearson Education India. 978-81-317-1688-5. 614–.
  6. Book: Anil Kant Mishra. Rural Tension In India. 1 July 2013. 1 January 1998. Discovery Publishing House. 978-81-7141-416-1. 80–.
  7. Book: Kedar Nath Prasad. Dimensions of Development: Agriculture. 1 July 2013. 1 January 1998. Concept Publishing Company. 978-81-7022-741-0. 378–.

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