Directorate of Economics and Statistics Ministry of Food and Agriculture Government of India. A Bibliography of Indian Agricultural Economics

Immediately after the name of the author in a section follows the title of the book the year of publication pages contained and the name of the publishers. [...] The book contains a good deal of information on agricultural indebtedness in Punjab the effect of social and climatic factors on the life of the farmer his standard of living the role of money-lender *in the rural life and the develoment of co-operation. [...] This is a report submitted by Sir Arthur Salter the then Drector of the Economic and Financial Section of the Secrtariat of the League of Nations to the GovernAnt of India on the latter's request to advice them on the need for the creation of some organisation for the study of economic questions including both the continuous interpretation of current developments and the consideration of p [...] The Committee examines the origin and the nature of the different interests in land and the respective rights of various classes the basis of fair rents fixity of tenure and other matters and makes necessary recommendations for the revision of the existing tenancy legislation. [...] Part I of Volume I contains a review of the main agricultural economic problems the development of the land system of the province in the Hindu Muslim and British periods the land systems and agrarian reforms in other provinces of India and the measures of land reform in some countries of Europe where the system of peasant proprietorship prevails and discusses the case for the ablition of za