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Over the last few years, leaders of several countries across the world have realised the organic link between land, property rights, and climate change. Some of them have even started implementing innovative models and programmes around this.




In our final episode of Season 2, we speak with Rachel McMonagle, climate justice and land rights advocate working with Landesa and Krutika Ravishankar – the co-founder of Farmers for Forests, to understand the connection between property, land rights, and climate change. We talk about various climate adaptation strategies with relation to land rights and also analyse the Glasgow Declaration and its outcomes.




We also bring the voices of three farmers from Maharashtra to understand how climate change affects their livelihoods and what are some innovative ways in which they are tackling climate change. 

About The Guests

Rachel McMonagle is a climate justice and land rights advocate and practitioner with experience advancing climate resilience efforts with a social justice focus through non-profit and U.S. government initiatives. 




Krutika is a co-founder at the non-profit Farmers for Forests, where she's primarily responsible for leading the forest and land use monitoring work and providing operations, fundraising and financial management support.

About The Podcast

‘Land of a Billion’ brings you expert conversations about the most contentious of the holy roti-kapda-makaan trinity – the makaan over our heads, and the larger ecosystem that governs it. Listen to Season 2 of this series for a rundown on the latest charcha around land and property rights in India. In case you missed it, you can also catch up on Season 1 of this series here. 




Hosted by Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.

The 2011 census suggests that four out of five women workers in rural India work in agriculture as owner cultivators or as wage workers. 




However, women farmers continue to be disadvantaged when it comes to access to agricultural land ownership, compared to men. This, often, further denies them their rightful recognition as farmers which in turn, inhibits them from accessing the welfare benefits that are entitled to farmers. 




Lack of reliable data and poor policy framework are some of the key factors contributing to the disempowerment of women farmers. 




In this episode of Land of a Billion, we speak with Shipra Deo, Director of Women's Land Rights at Landesa India and Pranab Ranjan Choudhury, Researcher and Founder Center for Land Governance to understand the various challenges that deny women farmers access to land rights and the hurdles they face while being recognized as a farmer.

About The Guests
Shipra Deo leads Landesa’s work for gender-equal and inclusive land governance in India. She is passionate about the gender dimension of social development and specializes in designing and implementing gender-responsive strategies and programmes including those related to land. In recent years she has done intensive research on inheritance by women and gendered aspects of land laws.




Pranab is a researcher and consultant on natural resources management and governance, with more than 25 years of experience. First as a land use scientist with the Indian Council of Agriculture Research and later as an independent practitioner, he has worked with governments, donors, NGOs, and communities across South Asia, across landscapes, uses, and tenures. He also founded Center for land Governance in 2015.

About The Podcast
What should you expect from this podcast series? 




‘Land of a Billion’ brings you expert conversations about the most contentious of the holy roti-kapda-makaan trinity – the makaan over our heads, and the larger ecosystem that governs it. 




From administrative tussles to understanding the conflicts on ground, catch these episodes every alternate Friday for a rundown on the latest charcha around land and property rights in India. In case you missed it, you can also catch up on Season 1 of this series here.




Hosted by Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.




Don’t forget to catch the next episode, which would be the last in the series, where we’ll have an interesting conversation on the intersection of climate change, agriculture, and property rights with Rachel McMonagle, Landesa's Climate Change and Land Tenure Specialist, and Krutika Ravishankar, Co-founder of Farmers for Forests.

There are between 60 to 90 million people living in slums across India. Owing to the poor or complete lack of property rights, the slum dwellers across Indian states grapple with issues such as poor access to civic amenities and basic essentials such as water and electricity. 




In this endeavour to help transform the slums into liveable habitats and provide the residents with access to basic amenities, Odisha’s JAGA Mission has emerged as a model programme. In this episode, we discuss the various steps, challenges, and successes of the mission, including how it brought community participation as one of its major steps towards slum upgradation.

We speak with G. Mathi Vathanan, Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Government of Odisha and Shubhagato Dasgupta, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and Director, Scaling City Institutions for India, (Sci-Fi) to discuss and understand Property Rights for Slum Dwellers in the state of Odisha through the story of Jaga Mission.

What should you expect from this podcast series?
‘Land of a Billion’ brings you expert conversations about the most contentious of the holy roti-kapda-makaan trinity – the makaan over our heads, and the larger ecosystem that governs it. From administrative tussles to understanding the conflicts on ground, catch these episodes every alternate Friday for a rundown on the latest charcha around land and property rights in India. In case you missed it, you can also catch up on Season 1 of this series here.




Hosted by Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.




Don’t forget to catch the next episode, where we’ll speak with Shipra Deo, Director, Women’s Land Rights, Landesa and Pranab Choudhury, Founder & Coordinator, Centre for Land Governance to understand how poor access to land rights disempower women farmers in India.

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Over the last few years, technology has made inroads in almost all aspects our lives — work, education, social interactions, governance and even land administration. 




Up until ten years ago, getting a copy of your land records would have meant a trek to the tehsildar's office. However, today, in a majority of districts and states, it is possible to access digital copies online. 




Today, technology is being leveraged to ease the processes of land registration, records and documentation, but there are many challenges when it comes to scaling technology in land administration.




In this episode we discuss the various challenges that comes when using technology for land administration in different states, we also discuss the learnings from different countries who have successfully championed this process.




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Host: Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.

Guests:
Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Government of Goa,
Jagdeesh Puppala, Former CEO, Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)

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It’s been nearly 6 years since the launch of RERA (Real Estate Regulation & Development Act) scheme which seeks to offer consumer protection to home-buyers as well as help boost investments in the real estate industry. Has the act been effective to solve problems of fraudulent housing and promise safe buy of property without worry?




Join us as we speak with Neetu Vasanta and Shilpa Kumar to discuss the scheme’s implementation in different states across the country and also talk about the implementational challenges. We also discuss the challenges that the industry faces along with consumers while buying property under the act.





Host: Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.

Guests:
Neetu Vasanta is the Managing Director and Partner in BCG's New Delhi office, and leads the topic of the real estate sector for BCG in India. She is a core member of BCG's Industrial Goods Practice Area.

Shilpa Kumar is a Partner at Omidyar Network India, a social impact investment fund Shilpa provides overall leadership, including strategy and investments, across the areas of Digital Society, Urban Governance, Access to Justice and Property Rights initiatives. She also leads policy work in Financial Inclusion and in development of the Non Profit sector strategy.

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The property rights of transgender persons, including their right to inheritance, have garnered little attention. Considering that ‘immovable property’ is the largest and most valuable asset for a significant population in India, access to property plays a vital role in elevating the social standing of persons. 




This is of particular importance since transgender persons have low income, savings, and little to no access to housing. Inheritance, therefore, becomes an important channel for access to property. 




In observance of the Trans Awareness Month, through this episode, we aim to shed light on how India’s inheritance laws continue to impede access to property for trans persons. 




Tune in to this episode as we speak with Karan Gulati, Research Fellow at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy to analyse the laws around inheritance rights of transgender persons and to know how these laws have evolved in India. We also bring voices from within the trans community to understand the many challenges that they face when trying to buy or rent a property.




What is 'Land of a Billion' About?


‘Land of a Billion’ brings you expert conversations about the most contentious of the holy roti-kapda-makaan trinity – the makaan over our heads, and the larger ecosystem that governs it. From administrative tussles to understanding the conflicts on ground, catch these fortnightly episodes every alternate Friday for a rundown on the latest charcha around land and property rights in India. In case you missed it, you can also catch up on Season 1 of this series here.




Hosted by Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.




Don’t forget to catch the next episode, where we’ll speak with Neetu Vasanta, Managing Director and Partner BCG India and Shilpa Kumar, Partner, Omidyar Network India to look back on five years of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act and its contribution to India’s housing market.

Host: Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.

Guests:
Karan Gulati is a research fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, as part of an interdisciplinary research group and is a lawyer in Delhi. He works in the areas of property rights and judicial administration. He also writes for the Leap Blog and has been an occasional columnist for the Indian Express and the Times of India. He holds degrees in law and management from Symbiosis International University.

Music: Big Bang Fuzz

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