In which of the following Five Year Plan, the High Yielding Varieties Programme (HYVP) was started in India?
Options:
A . Second Five Year Plan
B . Third Five Year Plan
C . First Five Year Plan
D . Fourth Five Year Plan
Answer: Option B Answer: (b) The main objective of the third five-year plan was to make the economy self-dependent. The Third Five-year Plan stressed agriculture and improvement in the production of wheat so as to be self-sufficient. Thus during the planned period, the high yielding varieties programme (HYVP) was started in India to increase the yield of crops.
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