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In Which of the following Five Year Plan, the High Yielding Varieties Programme (HYVP) was started in India?
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- First Five year Plan
- Second Five Year Plan
- Third Fiver Year Plan
- Fourth Fiver Year plan
Correct Option: C
The main objective of the third five year plan was to make economy self-dependent. The third Five-year Plan stressed on 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.