Self-reliance, as a goal of the early plans, meant

stopping all foreign trade with every other countryCorrect answerYour answeravoiding imports of goods that India could make itselfCorrect answerYour answerevery family growing all of its own food and clothCorrect answerYour answerborrowing freely from abroad to grow as fast as possibleCorrect answerYour answer

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The first seven plans stressed self-reliance: produce at home what could be produced at home.
Dependence on other countries for food could open India to their interference in its policies.

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Self-reliance, as a goal of the early plans, meant

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