Abstract

Jharkhand movement in India has golden specie in the books of Indian history. The adverse effects of Jharkhand movement has been seen in multiple social issues and seating. Subsequently, this movement brought the numerous challenges for indigenous people, in pursuance to same, the present study was intended to explore the agricultural policies and property right in consonance to Jharkhand movement. Keeping the evidence of secondary sources under consideration the researcher found that migration policy itself, as well as in the substantive issues that migration affected: property rights, forest policy, agricultural policy and industrial policy. Each of these specific policy areas was very much resource-based. Each generated contests over defining ‘economic and social resources’ as well as contests over distribution over those resources. Each divided ethno-national groups as well as forged coalitions among members of different ethno-national groups. Besides, it was found that Third, the state government’s consistent approach to the region focused more on migration (as a means of diffusing potential social conflict in northern Bihar) than on promoting good economic or social conditions in the Jharkhand area. This was true in migration policy itself, as well as in the substantive issues that migration affected: property rights, forest policy, agricultural policy and industrial policy. Each of these specific policy areas was very much resource-based. Each generated contests over defining ‘economic and social resources’ as well as contests over distribution over those resources. Each divided ethno-national groups as well as forged coalitions among members of different ethno-national groups.

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