Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations, Policies, Reports, and Judgements Article(s) of the CEDAW 8. Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: An Act to prohibit discrimination, prevent atrocities, and hate crimes against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. POLICIES: 1. Five Year Plans a. The 1980-1985: Sixth Five Year Plan, provided for joint titles to spouses; however, this policy was not confirmed in the 1985-1990 Seventh Five Year Plan. b. In the 1992-1997: Eighth Plan, 40 percent of forfeited land was allocated to women, and the remaining land to both spouses through joint titles. c. The 1997-2002: Ninth Plan had a women’s land rights section and provided for land titles mainly distributed to women through women’s groups or individually. d. The 2002-2007: Tenth Five Year Plan recommended concessions to female property buyers when they registered to ensure effective implementation of land reform legislations setting a ceiling so as to guarantee the distribution of surplus land to women. e. The 2007-2012: Eleventh Five Year Plan aims at ensuring effective and independent land rights for women and strengthening women’s agricultural capacities. 97 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Gaps in the implementation of CEDAW in India (G) and its corresponding recommendations (R) G7: Despite omission of Section 4 (2) of HSA which denied women succession of agriculture lands, many States are still continuing with the agriculture laws which deny women to succeed in agriculture holdings. E.g. U.P. Also, tribal & customary practices largely deprive married daughters to inherit agriculture lands. [CEDAW A. 14(2)(g) & A. 16(1)(h)] R7: All the States must equalize the inheritance rights of women for agricultural lands, irrespective of their marital status. G8: The Indian Shariat Act, 1937, excludes inheritance of agricultural land by women. [CEDAW A. 14(2)(g)] R8: Inheritance of agricultural land by women, should be