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You Have Some Choice!

You Have Some Choice! Nireekshak WHICH paper do you read? On May 25, T V Parasuram cabled Indian Express from Washington that "the World Bank's Aid-India Consortium has recommended 1,000 million dollars of non-project aid, including 100 million dollars towards debt relief, and 450 million dollars of project aid to India during the financial year 1968-69". "The level of aid will make up for the shortfalls of the last year predicted Parasuram confidently. Sunday Standard front-paged the story under the heading MASSIVE AID CLUB PLEDGE I BILLION DOLLARS TO BE UNTIED Krishan Bhatia had a different story in Hindustan Times. "Besides praising India for its 'excellent performance in agriculture" Bhatia reported, "the Aid- India Consortium has accepted that 'India needs non-project aid of the order of $ 1 billion from its members and the International Development Association' during the current year". "As was expected' Bhatia added by way of clarification, "some of the principal donors

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