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  • Rajubhai also cultivated a small plot in front of his dwelling, leased to him in another type of contract called patta - a form of cash rent.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Abhay N 2006

  • Following close is another green vegetable, with tightly packed pale green leaves: Pattagobhi, Hindi for cabbage. "patta" means leaves, and "gobhi" means cabbage, the close relation, the cauliflower is called the "phulgobhi" where "phul" means flower.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Nupur 2007

  • The petitioner submitted that the land was originally Inam land and fell within the scope of the Tamil Nadu Minor Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act. The Assistant Settlement Officer had made an enquiry and granted 'patta' to him.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • The patta had finally given them identity in the government's eyes and in turn access to local schools.

    Tim Hanstad: Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time Tim Hanstad 2011

  • The patta had finally given them identity in the government's eyes and in turn access to local schools.

    Tim Hanstad: Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time Tim Hanstad 2011

  • But when I asked how life has improved other than new crops, several new landowners described how their land patta land title document was the ticket needed for their children to attend school.

    Tim Hanstad: Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time Tim Hanstad 2011

  • Children from scheduled tribes are guaranteed free admission and educational stipends for primary schools, but families need a "caste certificate" to prove they are tribal, and they could not get this certificate without a land patta.

    Tim Hanstad: Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time Tim Hanstad 2011

  • But when I asked how life has improved other than new crops, several new landowners described how their land patta land title document was the ticket needed for their children to attend school.

    Tim Hanstad: Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time Tim Hanstad 2011

  • But when I asked how life has improved other than new crops, several new landowners described how their land patta land title document was the ticket needed for their children to attend school.

    Tim Hanstad: Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time Tim Hanstad 2011

  • Children from scheduled tribes are guaranteed free admission and educational stipends for primary schools, but families need a "caste certificate" to prove they are tribal, and they could not get this certificate without a land patta.

    Tim Hanstad: Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time Tim Hanstad 2011

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