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    Understanding Land Rights in Uttarakhand : Exploring Land Laws and Urbanisation
    (National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-11-26) Jaiswal, Anirudh; Prof. Sony Pellissery, - Supervisor
    Traditionally, the discourse on land rights has only concerned itself with issues related to forests and forest produce. Very little scholarly attention has been paid to matters regarding demographic change, loss of native livelihoods and forced urbanization, especially in remote regions like the mountains which are not a part of the mainstream. My dissertation aims to address this crucial gap in policy and to start a discourse around these issues in order to at least begin the process of change. In this dissertation, I try to understand how the rights of the people on land have changed over the years and what have been the actors, institutions, and key factors responsible for the same. I also try to see what impact these changing rights have on the life of the people and what their needs and wants are. I further try to study how Urbanisation has affected life in the mountains. Urbanisation is touted as the holy grail of improving living conditions and life in any region, providing opportunities and conditions for growth and mobility to make up for the loss of land rights and native livelihoods that went away with it’s arrival. In doing so, I have divided my dissertation into two broad components: Land Laws and Urbanisation. To answer the first question, land rights are looked at from the context of the changing land laws and the various actors involved in the process. A critical analysis is done of legal and political documents while important actors that have been involved in the process have been interviewed. To answer the second question, a quantitative analysis is done using government statistical data to try and figure out the impact of Urbanisation on the quality of life in mountainous regions as well as see if Uttarakhand has benefited from a high rate of Urbanisation. Finally, I have tried to bring in some policy recommendations that try to account for the needs and wants of the people while balancing development and improve quality of life at the same time. Key words: Land Rights, Land Laws, Mountains, Hilly Regions, Uttarakhand, Urbanisation, Livelihoods.