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                  Agricultural Credit                                  73
        
                  Agritultural Marketing                               74
        
                  Agricultural Pricing                                 75
        
                  Storage and Warehousing                              75
        
                  Agricultural Administration and Statistics           76
        
                  Programmes for Special Classes and Areas             77
        
                  Small Farmers and Agricultural Labour                77
        
                  Dry Forming                                          79
        
                  Desert Areas                                         80
        
                  Selected Command Areas                               81
        
                  Programmes for Specific Crops                        81
        
                  Land Reform,                                         89
        
                  Abolition of Intermediaries                          89
        
                  Tenancy Reforms                                      90
        
                  Ceiling on Land Holdings                             91
        
                  Consolidation of Holdings                            92
        
                  Problems of Implementation                           93
        
        
        CHAPTER 8 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING FISHERIES AND FORESTS     99
        
                  Animal Husbandry                                     99
        
                  Dairying and Milk Supply                             103
        
                  Fisheries                                            104
        
                  Forests                                              107
        
        
        
        CHAPTER 9 COOPERATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT                113
        
        
                  Cooperation                                          113
        
                  Approach to Cooperative Development                  114
        
                  Cooperative Credit                                   114
        
                  Cooperative Marketing                                116
        
                  Cooperative Processing                               117
        
                  Cooperative Handling of Agricultural Inputs          117
        
                  Storage                                              117
        
                  Consumer Cooperation                                 117
        
                  Rural Electric Cooperatives                          118
        
                  Urban Cooperative Banks                              118
        
                  Other Types of Cooperatives                          119
        
                  Management, Training and Education                   119
        
                  Community Development and Panchayati Raj             119
        
                  New Dimensions                                       120
        
                  Pilot Study on Growth Centres                        120
        
                  Integration                                          120
        
        
        
        CHAPTER 10 FOOD AND NUTRITION                                  123
        
        
        
                  Food Policy and Administration                       123
        
                  Instruments of food Policy                           123
        
        
        
                                          

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                  Buffer Stocks                                        124
        
                  Food Corporation                                     124
        
                  Nutrition                                            124
        
                  Integrated Approach                                  124
        
                  Improvement of Staple Foods                          125
        
                  Production of Unconventional Protein Foods           125
        
                  Nutrition Education                                  126
        
                  Special Measures for Vulnerable Groups               126
        
                  Coordination and Evaluation                          126
        
        
        CHAPTER 11 IRRIGATION AND FLOOD CONTROL                        130
        
                  Irrigation                                           130
        
                  Review of Progress                                   130
        
                  Objectives                                           132
        
                  Proposals for Major and Medium Schemes               133
        
                  Proposals for Minor Schemes                          133
        
                  Water Resources                                      134
        
                  Water Management                                     135
        
                  Ground Water Investigations                          135
        
                  Flood Control                                        136
        
        
        CHAPTER 12 POWER                                               143
        
                  Review of Progress                                   143
        
                  Outlays                                              144
        
                  Rural Electrification                                145
        
                  Centre's Programme                                   145
        
                  Electricity Board Finances                           146
        
        
        CHAPTER 13 VILLAGE AND SMALL INDUSTRIES                        154
        
                  Review of Progress                                   154
        
                  Approach                                             155
        
                  Outlays                                              156
        
                  Programmes                                           157
        
        CHAPTER 14 INDUSTRY AND MINERALS                               160
        
                  Review of Progress                                   160
        
                  Approach                                             162
        
                  Objectives                                           163
        
                  Licensing Policy                                     163
        
                  Foreign Collaboration                                166
        
                  Public Sector                                        166
        
                  Outlays                                              167
        
                  Industrial Programmes                                168
        
                  Iron and Steel                                       168
        
                  Non-Ferrous Metals                                   169
        
                  Engineering Industries                               169
        
                  Ship-building                                        169
        
                  Fertilisers                                          169
        
                  Petro-Chemicals                                      170
        
                  Petroleum Refining                                   170
        
                  Coal                                                 170
        
                  Lignite                                              171
        
                  Iron Ore                                             171
        
                  Mineral Oil                                          171
        
                  Industrial and Minerals Programmes relating 
        
                  to Atomic Energy                                     171
        
                  Other Industries                                     171
        
        
        CHAPTER 15 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS                        180
        
                  Review of Progress                                   180
        
                  Outlays                                              181
        
                                          

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                  Railways                                             182
        
                  Roads                                                183
        
                  Road Transport                                       184
        
                  Ports                                                185
        
                  Shipping                                             185
        
                  Inland Water Transport                               185
        
                  Farakka Barrage                                      185
        
                  Civil Air Transport                                  185
        
                  Tourism                                              186
        
                  Communications                                       186
        
                  Broadcasting                                         186
        
        
        CHAPTER 16 EDUCATION AND MANPOWER                              188
        
                  Education                                            188
        
                  Review of Progress                                   188
        
                  Approach                                             188
        
                  Elementary Education                                 189
        
                  Secondary Education                                  190
        
                  Girls' Education                                     190
        
                  Teacher Education                                    190
        
                  National Council of Educational Research 
                  and Training                                         191
        
                  Higher Education                                     191
        
                  Scholarships and Fellowships                         191
        
                  Science Education                                    192
        
                  Adult Literacy                                       192
        
                  Language Development and Book Production             192
        
                  Cultural Programmes                                  192
        
                  Youth Services                                       192
        
                  Employment                                           193
        
                  Technical Education                                  193
        
                  Planning, Administration and Evaluation Machinery    193
        
                  Outlay                                               193
        
                  Manpower                                             193
        
                  Approach                                             193
        
                  Medical Personnel                                    194
        
                  Agricultural Personnel                               195
        
                  Engineering Personnel                                195
        
        
        CHAPTER 17 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH                                 204
        
                  Review                                               204
        
                  Outlays                                              205
        
                  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research        205
        
                  Department of Atomic Energy                          205
        
                  Scientific Surveys and Development Division          206
        
                  National Research Development Corporation            206
        
        
        CHAPTER 18 HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING                          207
        
                  Health                                               207
        
                  Approach                                             207
        
                  Outlays                                              207
        
                  Control of Communicable Diseases                     207
        
                  Medical Education and Research                       207
        
                  Hospital Beds                                        208
        
                  Primary Health Centres                               208
        
                  Family Planning                                      209
        
                  Approach                                             209
        
                  Review of Progress                                   209
        
                  Outlays and Programmes                               210
        
                                          

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        CHAPTER 19 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND WATER SUPPLY      214
        
                  Regional and Urban Development                       214
        
                  Housing                                              215
        
                  Village Housing                                      216
        
                  Water Supply and sanitation                          216
        
        
        CHAPTER 20 SOCIAL WELFARE 219
        
                  Review of Progress                                   219
        
                  Outlay                                               220
        
                  Programmes                                           220
        
        
        CHAPTER 21 WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF BACKWARD CLASSES         222
        
                  Review and Outlays                                   222
        
                  Approach                                             223
        
                  Programmes                                           223
        
        CHAPTER 22 LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT                               225
        
                  Labour                                               225
        
                  Review                                               225
        
                  Training                                             225
        
                  Employment Exchanges                                 226
        
                  Outlay                                               226
        
                  Employment                                           226
        
                  Estimation of Unemployment                           226
        
                  Employment Market Information                        227
        
                  Expansion of Employment Opportunities                228
        
        CHAPTER 23 OTHER PROGRAMMES                                    231
        
                  Rehabilitation                                       231
        
                  Research Programmes                                  231
        
                  Special and Backward Areas                           231
        
                  Statistics                                           231
        
                  Information Services and Plan Publicity              233
        
                  Evaluation Organisation                              234
        
                  Training in Methods and Techniques of Planning       234
        
        CHART
        
             National Income                                           2a
        
             Net Domestic Product and Expenditure                      16a
        
             Area Yield and Production of Selected Crops               18a
        
             Growth of Crop Area                                       18b
        
             Net Domestic Product-Sectoral Composition                 18c
        
             Production of Selected Commodities                        20a
        
             Imports                                                   20b
        
             Exports                                                   22a
        
             Balance of Trade                                          22b
        
             Rate of Net Domestic Savings and its Composition          22c
        
             Fourth Plan Outlay : Public and Private Sectors           26a
        
             Public Sector Outlay and Expenditure                      26b
        
             Fourth Plan (1969-74)-Public Sector Outlay                28a
        
             State Plan Outlays and Expenditure                        28b
        
             Agriculture and Allied Programmes-Selected 
        
             Outputs and Inputs                                        30a
        
             Industry and Minerals-Selected Production 
        
             Targets and Estimates                                     30b
        
             Power and Transport-Selected Targets and Achievements     32a
        
             Education,  Health  and  Family  Planning-Selected  
        
             Targets and Achievements                                  32b
        
                                          

                                 PLANNING COMMISSION
        
             INDIRA GANDHI                                     Chairman
        
             D. R. GADGIL                                      Deputy Chairman
        
             R. VENKATARAMAN                                   Member
        
             B. VENKATAPPIAH                                   Member
        
             PITAMBAR PANT                                     Member
        
             B. D. NAG CHAUDHURI                               Member
        
             B. D. PANDE                                       Secretary
        
                                                (August1967--February 1970)
        
        
             A. MITRA                                          Secretary
        
                                                          (February 1970--
        
                                          

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