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In economics `Land’ is used in a broader sense to include all gifts of nature such as soil, sunshine, rain, wind, water, etc. Land a basic factor of production is limited in nature and has to be operated in a given natural environment. Though, man has made a tremendous progress in science, the basic importance of land has not been reduced at all. On the contrary, because of increasing population, we are required to pay more attention to it by way of proper use and good management. India possesses 329 million hectares of geographical area of which only 136 million hectares (41 percent) is the net agricultural land. Only about 20 percent of the total area is covered under forest. In the course of development and progress, because of increasing needs of human beings, man started using this valuable resource because of ruthless destruction of forest, problems of soil erosion, pollution, rainfall, etc. became severe. Increasing demand for food, fuel and other amenities added to this misuse further, several factors affect the productive value of land, sustainable use of land is now the basic consideration. |
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