Indigenous question, land appropriation, and development : understanding the conflict in Jharkhand, India / Gautam Pingali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pingali, Gautam, author.

Series:

South Asia in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--India--Jharkhand.

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--India--Jharkhand.

Land tenure--India--Jharkhand.

Rural development--India--Jharkhand.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure.

Land tenure.

Politics and government.

Rural development.

Jharkhand (India)--Politics and government--21st century.

India--Jharkhand.

Physical Description:

xvi, 145 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Summary:

"The book provides a first-hand account of land conflict and power relations in one of the most resource-rich states in India - Jharkhand. Through the eyes of the state, corporate, and Adivasi actors, it reveals how conflict over land in Jharkhand is firmly embedded in the ideological foundations of the key actors in the region. Based on thorough research on the ground and interviews with state, corporate and Adivasi actors, the book explores a host of themes such as: the need and efficacy of state-led modernisation programmes, the market as the best regulator, and 'ideas' of development. The volume highlights how land conflicts in Jharkhand will persist until the ideological differences are recognised, and welcomed, in hopes of making way for collaborative governance. The volume will be a key intervention in the fields of area studies, especially South Asian studies, public policy, politics, and development studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introducing the conflict

The story of Jharkhand

The stance of the Indian state

The pursuit of industrial development

Framework for analysis

Land

Law

Progress

Outline of the chapters

2. Adivasis in colonial and post-colonial India

The isolation policies of the British

Defining `Scheduled Tribes'

Governing the `Scheduled Tribes'

3. Development in post-colonial India

India after independence (1947

1990): State-led modernisation

A new chapter in Indian history (1991 onwards): Era of neoliberalism

Adivasis and the fight for alternative models of development

Summary

4. Removing Adivasis from the Adivasi state

The failed vision of Greater Jharkhand

Education, a means to an end

The education paradox

Adivasis getting politically displaced

Masking the true numbers of Adivasis on paper

5. Agriculture, a `backward' economy in the eyes of the state

Bypassing the agrarian question

Amending the laws to make way for industrialisation

The commodification of land

The creation of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act

Diluting the 2013 Land Acquisition Act

6. Corporate pressures, threats, and ultimatums

Frustrations with the land acquisition process

The `Modi wave'

Ordinances

The shift to the privatisation of governance

Growing leverage and increasing demands for land grabs

The concept of land banks

Make Jharkhand investor friendly

7. Adivasis' resistance and persistence

Is this development?

An alternative model for development

The Pathalgadi movement

Strength in numbers

8. Violent and bloodied realities of ideologies in Jharkhand

Land, a resource to die for

Laws, are they a facade?

Progress, a reason for conflict

The collision of orthodoxies

The final word on the orthodoxies

9. The way forward for Jharkhand

Laws should be fairly implemented

Genuinely consult Adivasis

Land bank alternatives and improvements to the land acquisition process

Clearer definitions and accurate representation in Census

Adivasis in position of power

Collaborative governance

10. Closing remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pingali, Gautam. Indigenous question, land appropriation, and development

ISBN:

9781032326412

1032326417

9781032359489

103235948X

OCLC:

1337855200

Publisher Number:

99992953890