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Economy of Permanence
DISTRIBUTION OF CULTIVATION PER LAKH OF POPULATION
| | | | | Per lakh of population | | | |

	Ozs. per day	Calories	Lbs per annum	Land required (in acres)	For seed and waste 15% extra	Total	Percentage and distribution
I.DIET
Cereals	16	1600	365.00	43,400	6,510	49,910	65.2
Pulses	2	200	45.60	5,400	810	6,210	8.0
Gur	2	200	45.60	1,200	180	1,380	1.8
Nuts	1	145	22.80	2,600	290	2,990	\Bigg} 8.4
Oil	½	255	11.40	3,000	450	3,450
Ghee	½	---	11.40	.....	.....	.....	.....
Milk	12	240	273.75	.....	.....	.....	.....
Vegetables	8	48	182.50	1,600	240	1,840	2.4
Potatoes, Tubers	4	100	91.25	1,000	150	1,150	1.5
Fruits	4	52	91.25	900	135	1,035	1.4
I CLO-THING
Cotton			12.50	7,500	1,125	8,625	11.3
Total		2860		66,600	9,990	76,590	1000
Our object is to keep the production of the villages in the villages as far as
people require it; only the surplus will be exchanged with other regions for the
stuff that we require. For instance, if cotton is grown in a particular village, it
cannot go to the textile-mill and come back as cloth, for the simple reason that
for the process of the change we have got to pay something in the form of
export of commodities. If we do not want to part with our food products, we
have to convert our cotton into cloths in spare time. When we do that, we
retain the whole production of food, and we also get our clothing. Therefore,
we are doubly benefitted. Incidentally the textile-mill-owners suffer. We are
sorry for them but we have got to safeguard the poor villager. Our plan is for
the betterment of the villager. And when we start with that thing and work in
that way, then only we shall find that the villagers are self-sufficient in food
and clothing.
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