Match the following.
(a) Charan Singh i. Industrialisation
(b) P C Mahalanobis ii. Zoning
(c) Bihar Famine iii. Farmers
(d) Verghese Kurien iv. Milk Cooperatives
Answers
match the following.
(a) Charan Singh = (I) industrialisation
(b) PC Mahalanobis =(ii)
Answer:
(a) Charan Singh - iii. Farmers
(b) P C Mahalanobis - i. Industrialisation
(c) Bihar Famine - ii. Zoning
(d) Verghese Kurien - iv. Milk Cooperatives
Explanation:
(a) Charan Singh- He forcefully articulated the case for keeping agriculture at the centre of planning for India.
(b) P.C. Mahalanobis, an Indian statistician, devised the Mahalanobis distance and was instrumental in formulating India's strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61).
(c) Bihar Famine- When Famine hit Bihar, the government had “zoning” policies that prohibited the trade of food across states; this reduced the availability of food in Bihar dramatically.
(d) Verghese Kurien- nicknamed the ‘milkman of India’, played a crucial role in the story of Gujarat Cooperative Milk and Marketing Federation Ltd that launched Amul.