Land to the tiller is fine and in fact is laudable. Provided the land continues to be tilled. In case of large holdings, land ceiling (?) is required, acceptable, again, provided cultivable lands remain cultivated. Under Comunidade's system in Goa, not a single piece of cultivable land in Goa was kept fallow. If one failed to cultivate the piece of tenanted land , or the yearly rent was not paid, the piece of land was allotted to another person. At the cut off date, the land of comunidades which remained with the tenants have become theirs to do with them what they like. 90 percent remains fallow today. And we say our agriculture is dead.
Floriano ----- Original Message ----- From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:37 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet]Land to the Owner's Act > > --- Floriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The "land to the tiller" was the agrarian catastrophe for Goa. > > Nagesh is right. Land lords of both communities lost. And the Comunidades > > were the worst losers. > > This Act has seen to it that agriculture in Goa is dead. > > Hats off to any political party which will make this a point in its > > election manifesto to rid this vile populist Act. > > Cheers > > Floriano > > Would you rather have a situation like in Pakistan, where in the absense of land > reform, three families, namely the Bhuttos, Legharis and Jatois own 60% of the land > (exceeding even the ownership of the Government of Pakistan)? > > What would the consequence be for the non-landowners? They would forever be at the > mercy of the landowner, who could dictate price/rent/share term? > > -Tariq ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
