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I want to thank PM @narendramodi ji for amending this APMC act and taking the bull by the horns. I am sure most of us with rural farming background will have their own stories but even for people like us ,large farmers with more than 20 acres lands, have been at receiving end../1
I remember my summer holidays and tense times my father/Grand father would spend to meet the deadline of fee deposit by Mid may. 3 of us brothers brothers in boarding school and then expenses.
This is despite the crops being sold to 'Aarhtiya' (Commission agent) in April../2
Often the 5-10% of wheat by weight was reduced citing, "geela" (wet)... imagine in middle of 45 degree summer, only 50% of the money will be given on purchase, rest 50% will be given n 45-60 days.
Add to it, the line to sell will be many KM long and it took 3-4 days in line../3
We were not allowed to sell across the border in Bihar or Haryana on both ends of UP (have farmlands at both ends) where we could get better prices. Tractors would be confiscated..
Mustard selling is another madness. One must remember, most farmers don't have holding power../4
We sold Potatoes at Rs13/Dhari (5 KG), now buying at 18-20/Kg. Now getting the hang of it? realising only 20% of the price consumer pays.
Farmers are forced to sell to commission agents because storing vegetables, fruits, grains is costly and also perishable in normal temp../5
I hv never been able to buy tht corn cup in Malls for Rs80 (barely 60 grams) bcos, I as farmer sell it for Rs11/11.50 per KG & you pay roughly Rs750/kg.

It may sound unbelievable but it's true. Acharya @Cawnporiaah @bhootnath wud know it. Just can't pay tht money for corn cup.
Add to that there is commission charged at 10% by the Aarhtiya on the sale of the produce. Overall farmer loses almost 20% of value on the table itself.
a. upto 10% is cut as 'wet' weight comp
b. Upto 10% commission

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In his book My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills, the Late Major-General Sir James Johnstone has written about the massive migration of Kukis into the sparsely-populated hill tracts of Manipur beginning from the year 1845 onwards.../1
The enormity of their migration can be gauged from the fact that during the period 1851-52, a huge chunk of 8000 Kukis had moved into the Zeme Naga-inhabited areas of the North Cachar hills of Assam.../2
By the year 1860, a Kuki colony of 1,356 inhabitants had come up in seven villages of this region in Assam. In 1866, 500 Kuki immigrants from Manipur had settled down in North Cachar../3
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Sherbir have been kind to put the text about India being a union of states. What he has missed is the context. Laws and statues are always qualified to be implemented in certain circumstances or context, leaving a room for using reason, rationale.
So here is the context../1
The federation is a Union,because it is indestructible. Though the country & people may be divided into different States for convenience of administration, the country is one integrated whole,its people a single people, living under a single imperium derived from a single source.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Constituent Assembly.
Operative word dear Sherbir are "divided into different states for Convenience of administration...".
Also,other than Junagarh wherein people voted to be part of India, ppl simply had no agency.
Union can reorganise states at will..
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Supreme court is changing constitution without parliamentary approvals. Want to sit on appointment of statutory and constitutional bodies just like themselves.
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“Within limits no judge and no Supreme Court can make itself a third chamber. No Supreme Court and no judiciary can stand in judgment over the sovereign will of Parliament".

--Pt Nehru (In Constituent Assembly)
I have zero hopes. We are truly a banana republic wherein will of the people is trampled everyday as elected representatives ( in their chicanery, guilt or ignorance) don't measure upto what is required of them by law laid down
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This whole argument is a newly manufactured recently by Madani and gang.
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b. They forfeited any right to live in India
c. Oldest book in the world is Rigveda as the whole world accepts that. It mentions no Adam or Muslims.
These crooks are scared about coming tsunami of muslim women leaving islam in droves. so will many educated rational, learned muslims who are ashamed of crazy needs of even reporting a rape-needs 4 witness to prove rape.. halala & what not..Think of daughter raped and her father
These crooks and rascals voted for pakistan yet stayed in India. Congress allowed even Latifi (Ideologue of Muslim league) to stay in India post partition. he stayed at home of Khuswant singh.
All this bull crap of Adam and all is copied from old testament..Rigveda has none
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Most of North Indian rulers had given up fighting mughals save for Mewar, were happy to enjoy life under protection. Obviously they felt bad for having to pay Chauth, in order to sustain an army, to Maratha empire as they had made peace with mughals..
Refuse a tax now? Try it.
Most of these Rajas were happy to serve the British interests post Marathas as they had lost zeal to fight. Simply collected taxes, paid share to British, enjoyed life in wine and shikar.
Brahmin Peshwa descendents had Zero wealth despite fighting for Bharat for a century.
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Chatrapati gave up executive power to a Prime minister wilfully.
Europeans (who claim to champion democracy) had to wage 100's of years of wars against their monarchs before they agreed to have an limited prime minister which took 100's of years to become executive seat
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