Discrepancies in Data on Landholdings in Rural India: Aggregate and Distributional Implications

Deepak Kumar
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Deepak Kumar: Ph.D. Scholar, Yokohama National University, deepak-k@outlook.com

Journal, 2016, vol. 6, issue 1, 39-62

Abstract: This article examines discrepancies in major sources of data on landholdings in rural India. The Agricultural Census and the Land and Livestock Survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation are two of the most important sources of such data. Since these surveys inform both government policy and academic investigation of many aspects of rural India, it is imperative to examine the sources of these discrepancies. A preliminary view of their aggregate estimates shows significant divergence. While part of the divergence may be explainable on account of differences in definition and non-sampling errors (particularly non-reporting of landholdings), an investigation of their methodology brings out other likely reasons – particularly reasons associated with survey design – for the divergence.

Keywords: National Sample Survey; Land and Livestock Survey; Agricultural Census; landholding data; inequality; underestimation; land use; size-class distribution. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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