Release of State of Land Report

Release of State of Land Report - ILDC 2018

19 Feb 2018	Release of State of Land Report	18.15 – 19.30 hours
Organiser		CENTRE FOR LAND GOVERNANCE, NRMC
Chair	Tim Hanstad, Co-Founder Landesa
Co-Chair	Dr Arabinda Padhee, IAS, Director, Country Relations and Business Affairs, ICRISAT
An introduction to State of Land Reports
Pranab R Choudhury, Center for Land Governance, NRMC
Release of State of Land Report
Land Record Digitisation
Dr. Prerna Prabhakar, NCAER
Land Litigations in India
Surya Prakash BS, Daksh, Bangalore
PRIndex
Malcolm Childress, Land Alliance
Remarks	Laura Meggiolaro, Land portal Foundation
Land indicators are becoming important global tools for policy and advocacy. The 2030 Agenda places 8 targets and 12 indicators under five SDGs, which are related to land. Measuring and monitoring land indicators with appropriate geographic granularity and socio-economic segregation can substantially improve land governance. ILDC2018 will witness release of 1st State of Land Report in India. Land being a state subject in India, scores around key land indicators presented state-wise can trigger comparative appreciation, catalyse cross-learning of drivers, enhance transparency and hence contribute to improved land governance. State of Land Report is an attempt to showcase status of land in Indian states around key land indicators, using already available data from primary and secondary sources. In the first edition, it compiles and presents works of some pioneering agencies around some important land indicators viz. Land litigation (Daksh), Land Conflicts (Land Conflict Watch), Forest Rights (NRMC-RRI), Land Record Digitization (NCAER-NRMC), Women Land Rights (NRMC-World Bank), Land acquisition cases (CPR-LRI) and Investment blocking due to land conflict (ISB-RRI)