Ranjit K Sau The so-called New Agricultural Strategy was officially launched in 1965 but actually was quietly under way since 1959, thanks to the report of the Ford foundation team of experts on "India's Food Crisis". The Fourth Plan relies on the New Strategy for as much as 66 per cent of additional food- grains output.
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