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Need of bifurcating Indian Police system to address the issue of Overburdening of police officers.

  The police organization in India in its present form is based essentially on the Police Act of 1861, which was legislated “to re-organise the police and to make it a more efficient instrument for the prevention and detection of crime”. It constituted a single homogenous force of civil constabulary for the performance of all duties which could not be assigned to the military arm. After Independence, the Police has been made a State Subject under the Constitution of India (7th schedule, entry 2). Thus, all the states have their own State Police force, primarily required to maintain law and order in the state as well as to control and prevent crime in society. The centre, also regulates Central Armed Police Forces, which assist and aid the states in the emergence of any law and order situation (CISF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, CRPF, NSG). The NIA and IB under the authority of MHA provide for actions against terrorism and internal intelligence inputs. The centre is responsible for policing in the n

Explained: The Farm Bills, The reasons for Protests, and The solution to it.

  If Agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right in the country.    --- M. S. Swaminathan             Introduction: - The three farm bills were passed by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on 17th September and 20th September, respectively and the assent of President was given on 27th September, 2020. Namely the Three Bills are:- 1. Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, 2020 2. Farmers Agreement of Price Assurance Bill, 2020 3. Essential Commodities Bill, 2020 Reasons for the protests:- 1. There is no mention of MSP in any of the three bills. • The government has promised to double the income of farmers by 2022. But without ensuring MSP, it is not possible.  2. Some provisions lead to systematic destruction of APMCs mandis.  • Section  6 of Chapter 2 in Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Bill states “No market fee to be levied on farmer/trader on transaction outside APMC in trade area.” This implies that, now, private players will enter into the arena and the result w