evidence: It was decided to cover three mandis of Najafgarh, Narela and Zakhira. Under the Bombay Agricultural Produce Markets [...] The Plan’s further emphasis is on promoting cooperative mar¬ keting. Noting that there were in 1967-68 five agricultural market¬ ing societies which covered all the important mandis, with a mem¬ bership of 2,251 as against that of only 19 in 1961, the Plan en¬ visages no further need to organise such societies. The Plan’s proposal is to reduce the number from five to four. The business handled by these societies, which will continue to cover all the rural mandis, is envisaged to increase from Rs. 1.6 million in 1967-68 to Rs. 2.3 million in 1973-74.