ABSTRACT
In India, which is one of the largest agrarian economies in the world, agriculture provides livelihood opportunities to most of India’s rural population. Climate change, leading to variations in temperature and rainfall, and hence inducing floods and droughts, would have a devastating impact on people’s lives, incomes and food security. More so, the country has varied geographies, ranging from the glacial Himalayas to an extensive coastline, which makes it prone to the different impacts of climate change. India’s 8,000<th>kilometres of coastline puts nearly half the country’s 29 states in vulnerable zones. Migration to different parts in search of livelihood is a common pattern. This leads to changes in relationship to property and its values, particularly through distress sale. Though the climate change-induced changes vary across different agro-climatic regions, the bigger picture emerging is that of vast number of losers and few winners. This chapter attemptis to provide an overview of the changes in property rights due to climate change in the Indian subcontinent.
