Arithmetic of HYVP Comment

EKALAVYA attempts ("Arithmetic of HYVP", August 17, 1968) to cast serious doubts on the feasibility of the 5 per cent per annum growth target in the agricultural sector during the Fourth Plan period. However, the arguments and the arithmetic calculations support-ing them arc far from convincing. These suffer from incorrect assump-tions and oversimplification of the issues involved.
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