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Indian agriculture is backward in many ways: C. Northcote Parkinson

An academician with a very broad-based training, Dr C. Northcote Parkinson has taught subjects ranging from history to management at universities around the world. Thirty years ago he developed the theory that if more men than necessary are put on a particular job they will create more work to justify their employment. Conversely, said his bestselling book Parkinson's Law, there is no direct relationship between the number of people one employs and the work that gets done.

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