Since India has been primarily an agrarian economy, with most of its people engaged in the rural agriculture; the focus of Indian leaders post-independence, was towards the increased production of food grains to counter the problems of mass hunger, as a result of prevailing poverty and unemployment in the country. Provisions had been made in …
English On 19th July 1969, the government of India under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi nationalized 14 private-sector banks by means of an ordinance. The ordinance was called the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) ordinance, which was followed by an act of the same name.Under this ordinance, the ownership of 14 major commercial private …
English Indira Gandhi is perhaps one of the most popular Indian leaders in the world, today. Apart from being the daughter of one of the nation’s founding fathers, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, she was also India’s first and only female Prime Minister. Her strong presence in the international scenario helped establish India’s position as an emerging …
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