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Last week, citing these and other grim statistics as determined by the government's 1951 census, India's Census Commissioner and a top civil servant, R. A. Gopalaswami, urged his countrymen to do something about "improvident maternity." As things are now going, he estimates that India's population will soar to 520 million by 1981. "Every married couple can have a maximum of three children without creating a national problem," said Gopalaswami, "but we should realize that it is improvident on our part to permit ourselves to increase in numbers indefinitely without taking thought...
Cries In the Council. The Council (in U.N.'s apt official phrase) was "seized with" the India-Pakistan conflict. India's Minister without Portfolio, N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, accused Pakistan of arming Afghans and tribesmen of the North-West Frontier Province for their raids on the state of Kashmir (which recently joined India). His Oxford accent crackling crisply, Ayyangar appealed to the Security Council to use its "undoubted influence and power...
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