Mapping Women Land Rights in India
Country: India
Location within country: PAN India
Name of Client: The World Bank
Description of Project: The World Bank Group along with the IMF and multilateral development banks are working together to support this post-2015 development agenda i.e. SDGs. Suggested SDG Indicators arranged by UN OWG (Open Working Group) Goals, delineates monitoring indicator for women land rights in Indicator 5 under Goal 1. With the support of The World Bank, New Delhi, NRMC India has piloted a study to assess the status of women land rights in India to see and draw a baseline of gender land rights in line with Bank’s ongoing initiative of developing 11 Country-at-a-glance notes to provide an initial picture of the implications of the post-2015 agenda at the country.
As part of the project, CLG had undertaken the following assignments.
Carry out an assessment of women land rights in India and develop benchmark for 2010-111 using the Agriculture Census data of Government of India. This will include development of state-wise and district-wise tables and Maps of India around the followings
Land ownership and the land area owned by women and ST women
Change in number of Holdings and area
Broad analysis of the comparative status and development of a Policy Brief for better appreciation of the situation and to trigger actions for enhanced women rights
Development of a Framework for Monitoring, based on the data management process to enable periodic monitoring by states