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Land acquisition in India
Land acquisition in India: compulsory state acquisition of private land under eminent domain. Governed by the Land Acquisition Act 1894 until the RFCTLARR Act 2013 (effective 1 January 2014), which added consent, social impact assessment, and market-linked compensation.
Land reform in India
Land reform in India: post-1947 abolition of zamindari intermediaries, tenancy reform, land ceilings, Bhoodan, and regional redistribution (Kerala, West Bengal), now extended to DILRMP land-records digitization.
Law of India
Law of India: a common law system under a written constitution, with nineteenth-century codes (Transfer of Property Act 1882) and religion-based personal laws governing Hindu, Muslim and Christian succession rather than a uniform civil code.
Mahalwari
Mahalwari system: British Indian land revenue settlement begun in 1822 under Holt Mackenzie, treating a village or village group (mahal) as one unit with collective revenue responsibility, mainly in Punjab, United Provinces, and Central Provinces.
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, or RERA, is India's central law (Act No. 16 of 2016) creating state Real Estate Regulatory Authorities, mandating project registration, a 70% escrow of buyer funds, and fast-track dispute resolution for homebuyers.
Ryotwari
Ryotwari (ryotwar) was British India's land revenue system of direct settlement with individual cultivators (ryots), devised by Alexander Read and Thomas Munro in Madras from 1792 and extended to Bombay by Elphinstone, with plot-wise assessment revised every 20-30 years.