Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): The growth pole strategy failed to bring balanced regional development in India.
Reason (R): Diffusion of development under conditions of general regional backwardness is weak.
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Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A).
3
(A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
4
(A) is wrong but (R) is correct