October - December 2012 - National Institute of Rural Development

Status of Tenancy in Uttar Pradesh: Some Facts from the Field 415Table 31 : Tenants Reporting Undue Favours Taken by LandlordsUndue Favours Lakhimpur Hardoi Sultanpur Etah Jhansi AllLabour on Unfavourable Terms 1 3 5 3 3 15(4.65) (5.36) (8.33) (6.00) (6.12) (5.81)Labour at Lower Rates 1 7 7 11 11 37(4.65) (12.50) (11.67) (22.00) (22.45) (14.34)Demand to Work as - 1 6 4 1 12Permanent Servant (1.79) (10.00) (8.00) (2.04) (4.65)Total 2 1118 1815 64(4.65) (19.64) (30.00) (36.00) (30.61) (24.81)Source: Field Survey.Problems Faced by Tenants : The tenantswere also asked about the problems theyfaced as tenants. Nearly one-third tenantscomplained about insecurity of tenancy. Overone-fourth of the tenants mentioned nonavailabilityof institutional credit as a problem.Over one-fifth faced problem of lack ofequipment and machinery for cultivation.Exploitation by landlord was reported byabout one-sixth of the tenants (Table 32).Table 32 : Problems Faced by the TenantsProblems Lakhimpur Hardoi Sultanpur Etah Jhansi AllInsecurity 6 16 43 8 37 110of Tenancy (13.96) (21.62) (38.39) (16.00) (52.11) (31.42)Non-availability of 15 16 38 1 23 93Institutional Credit (34.88) (21.62) (33.93) (2.00) (32.39) (26.57)Non-availability of 9 33 3 32 1 78Machinery & Equipment (20.93) (44.60) (2.68) (64.00) (1.41) (22.29)Exploitation 13 8 19 7 10 57by Landlord (30.23) (10.81) (16.96) (14.00) (14.09) (16.29)Non-sharing of - 1(1.35) 9(8.04) 2(4.00) - 12(3.43)cultivation costTotal 43 74 112 50 71 350(100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00)Source : Field Survey.Views of Tenants on Legalisation ofTenancy : As mentioned earlier, tenancy isillegal in U.P. although it prevails in all partsof the State in a concealed form. Therespondents were asked whether in theirview tenancy should be legalised. More than75 per cent of the tenants reported thattenancy should be legalised (Table 33), whileJournal of Rural Development, Vol. 31, No. 4, October - December : 2012