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commodity committees, institutes or the I.C.A.R., for evolving and 

 trying out new varieties there will be a separate scheme for each 

 crop, e.g. for rice, wheat, millets, pulses, oilseeds, cotton, jute, sugar- 

 cane, tobacco etc. Research will also be increased in respect of Plant 

 Chemistry and Soil Science, Plant Physiology, Entomology, Mycology 

 and other plant diseases, Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering 

 (Scheme 13). 



20. Headquarters. The additional staff required to help the 



Director will be officers. The ministerial and menial staff 



will also have to be enhanced. The office accommodation will have 

 to be increased (Scheme 14). 



21. Totll Staff. A statement is appended showing the number 

 of persons of each category that will be required in each of the 5 years 

 starting from 1947-48. 



22. Training. Arrangements will be made for the training of 

 Kamdars at farms (Scheme 15.1), of mates for agricultural engineering 

 (Scheme 15.2), of fieldmen, supervisors or non-graduate assistants 

 (Scheme 15.3), of overseers or non-graduate engineering assistants 

 (Scheme 15.4), of Inspectors or graduate assistants (Scheme 15.5), 

 of gazetted staff for post-graduate training in India (Scheme 15.6) 

 and of higher gazetted staff for post-graduate training abroad (Scheme 

 15.7). 



23. Increased Production. The total increased production 

 expected as a result of all these measures, given proper advice and 

 guidance by the staff, from the 5th year onwards is 800,000 tons a 



yeai. The non-recurring cost involved is Rs lakhs; while the 



annual recurring expenditure from the 5th year onwards will be of 



the order of Rs lakhs, apart from loan money to the extent 



of Rs lakhs. 



ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



24. The cattle population of the province consists of 5 million 

 bullocks, 4 million cows, 3 million young stock and 2 million buffaloes. 

 In addition there are 3 million sheep, 4 million goats and 5 million 

 poultry. 



25. Disease Control. There are at present 20 veterinary hos- 

 pitals (where inpatients are received), and fixed dis- 

 pensaries in addition to field dispensaries and 



first aid centres. 



It is proposed to convert dispensaries into hospitals 



SQ as to increase facilities fcr treatment (Scheme 16,1). 



