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History of Agricultural law  Essential commodity act, 1955  Essential Commodity Act, 1955  is an old law inherited by British India like many other laws. There are many good and bad laws which are inherited by British India. This is one of the bad ones. This law was passed during World War 2. So Britishers could regulate and control how much, and which commodity will be stored by a grocer in India. Which helped Great Britain to ensure food supply to Europe when many parts of India were facing famines {especially Great Britain}. In 1955 ,   Indian farmers were trapped in a debt trap. Moneylenders and Zamindars used to give loans. Since majority of farmers couldn’t pay back loans, they were supposed to take new loans. To avoid this exploitation, The Government of India introduced APMC. Thus, it was mandatory for the farmers to sell their products at a Mandi. Traders were issued licences and could buy produce only from Mandi. Thus, a centralised system was created to avoid the exploitatio

Nationalization of Banks is one of the most significant reforms done under the Iron Lady of India, Indira Gandhi. Most people consider the nationalization of banks a failure that had no economic and social justification but was fed by the political motive of Mrs Gandhi. Let us understand nationalization with the help of a story. A bank that had a faulty Xerox machine to print its money replaced its Xerox machine with a shredding machine. Unfortunately due to incorrigible Indian administration, a bad idea once implemented is highly durable. No government including the current Modi government has not dared to reverse the decision.   History:- Events leading to nationalization of banks A) Economic Reason  1) In 1955, The Imperial Bank Of India was renamed as State Bank Of India. In 1951, there were more than 400 commercial banks who worked under the private sector. More than 360 banks failed between 1947 - 1955 at the rate of 40 banks per year. This damaged people's confidence in the

Inception 01:- To understand the  Cuban Missile Crisis let us focus on a lighter but an important debate, Test Cricket Vs T-20 Cricket. T-20 cricket is the fast, entertaining, and most importantly more profit-making format. On the other hand Test, Cricket is a very tedious game, which is supposed to be played session by session. Sometimes you play a game to win, sometimes for a draw. Similarly, diplomacy is a game that is supposed to be played like a test match. Whenever diplomacy is played like a T-20 game, we have seen a complete disaster. T-20 Diplomacy  1)Donald Trump & Boris Johnson during the COVID pandemic. 2)Jawaharlal Nehru during the Indo-China war in 1962 3)Demonetisation of Currency by Narendra Modi Test Match Diplomacy  1)Indira Gandhi during the 1971 Indo- Pak war  2)Cuban Missile Crisis  In this article, we will focus on a case Case Study of a Test Match diplomacy, Cuban Missile Crisis  Background : Cuba is a small island nation near the United States. The capital of

Breakdown 01: The most adequate description of Sharad Pawar is that he is a human personification of maze , puzzle and controversies . In  “ Breakdown 01”  let us make an impossible attempt to understand Modern-day Chanakya, Sharad Pawar. Let me start in a lighter note. When we peel an onion, we see various layers of an onion. Similarly, when we try to understand Sharad Pawar we see various layers of him. Introduction :- Sharad Pawar is one of 11 children is to Govindrao Pawar a nd Sharadbai  Pawar . Sharadbai herself was active in political activities and was elected thrice in-district local bodies between 1937 and 1952. Sharad Pawar married Pratibha Tai. They have a daughter named Supriya Sule. Supriya Sule is also a member of parliament and an active political leader. He is one of the few political leaders who are active in politics but at the same time spend a lot of family time. Supriya Sule once said in an interview that her dad never ever said no to her about anything. He al