TEHRI DAM-Evading the Issue

arrived at a point of saturation in regard to foodgrains production, propounded most recently by a committee of civil servants whose report has been blessed by the agriculture minister. The marginal moderation of some of these attitudes witnessed in recent months does not denote any change of the government's basic approach, but is only a concession to the political imperatives in the aftermath of the outcomes of the elections to a number of state assemblies.