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Limits to Radical Intervention: Agricultural Taxation in West Bengal

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Agricultural taxation policy formulation under the Left Front government in West Bengal indicates landed interests are now powerful enough to resist enhanced taxation. As the most radical government in India abandoned proposed agricultural tax increases in the face of landowner opposition, and felt obliged to lower land taxes instead, India is not likely to increase land revenue for economic development. This effective landowner veto power over taxation policy indicates significant agrarian reform is not forthcoming in India, and the trend is towards greater subsidies for surplus‐producing farmers. The research was conducted through interviews with the policy formulators in West Bengal.

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  • Ross Mallick, 1990. "Limits to Radical Intervention: Agricultural Taxation in West Bengal," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 21(1), pages 147-164, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:21:y:1990:i:1:p:147-164
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1990.tb00371.x
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    1. R J Das, 1999. "The Spatiality of Class and State Power: The Case of India's Land Reforms," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 31(12), pages 2103-2126, December.
    2. Suraj Jacob, 2015. "Towards a Comparative Subnational Perspective on India," Studies in Indian Politics, , vol. 3(2), pages 229-246, December.

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