Guwahati, April 8 -- Land in Assam has never been just a resource-it is identity, security, and survival. For decades, lakhs of landless families, tenant farmers, and indigenous communities have waited for a government that would finally grant them legal ownership of the land they cultivate and inhabit. When the Government of Assam launched Mission Basundhara in 2021, it was projected as a transformative initiative that would resolve long-pending land issues and secure land rights for the indigenous people.

But five years on, a fundamental question persists: has Mission Basundhara truly fulfilled the dreams of the landless, or has it merely restructured land administration without addressing their core concerns?

"Through Mission Basundh...