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The High Yielding Varieties adopted under the new agricultural strategy are quite delicate and highly sensitive which require the timely application of costly inputs (water, fertilisers, insecticides, and pesticides). Moreover, they perforin better in the areas where infrastructural facilities (electricity, irrigation, and roads) are adequately available. Contrary to this, the areas of extreme climate (precipitation and temperature) where controlled irrigation is not available the new seeds are not performing satisfactorily. This has created regional imbalances in the agricultural development in the irrigated and unirrigated parts of the country.