Draft Third Five-Year Plan Bihar Vol. I ( Parts I and II )

Abstract

Among the sets of priorities envisaged, emphasis has been given to achieving self-sufficiency in foodgrains, meeting at the same time, the requirements of industry and exports. Necessarily, there is intimate connection between this aim and the development of the maximum possible irrigation arrangements, both major and minor. A good part of the programme will also involve utilisation of the large rural man-power available in the country. Priority has also been accorded to the related sectors of industry, power and transport, taking care to see that the development of these sectors is properly co- ordinated. To a limited extent, this may have the effect of removing the large extra population at present engaged in uneconomic agriculture.