Measurement of inequality and study of social influence on distribution of land holding in india

Abstract

In the Indian economic scenario, the primary sector or agriculture-related sector is the major source of national income, and it shares around 18% of India's GDP. Although around 40 percent workforce of the country is employed in this sector, the productivity is relatively at a low level.The unequal and staggered distribution of land leads to the low productivity in agriculture. Inequality in the land distribution is defined as the differences in the size of land holdings possessed by various individuals or households. It is known that the size of landholdings varies from household to household. The widely used measure of inequality i.e. Gini's coefficient has been applied in this study by using NFHS India datasets. In this study, it is observed that the proportion of landless population has increased continuously in the country especially in the states where major population has involved intensely in the agricultural works. © 2020 DAV College. All rights reserved.