Plan Holiday Logic

IE-IFS Economic Planning in India & NITI Aayog Free JAIIB Tip 79 views Updated
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Plan Holiday was 1966-1969. Why? War and Droughts! The 1965 Indo-Pak war and severe droughts drained the nation's finances completely.
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Plan Holiday was 1966-1969. Why? War and Droughts! The 1965 Indo-Pak war and severe droughts drained the nation's finances completely.

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