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India's external debt had risen to $136.5 billion, that is, by 3.3 per cent, as of September 2006, compared to the previous quarter. This is alarming. How will this national loss be reimbursed? Government extravagance — perks, foreign trips — on its staff should be stopped. A nation's economic strength depends on its agriculture, the backbone of any country. The farm sector must be revived.

Hansraj Bhat

Mumbai

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