The implementation of the First Plan was considerably hampered by:
(a) The shortage of trained technical personnel and the difficulty of obtaining staff on deputation or by &;recruitment
from the open market in India.
(b)Shortage of local labour and insufficiency of rations for employment of imported labour. This difficulty is partly
overcome by a quota of 200 tonnes of grain a month provided by the Government of India which enables us to employ a
labour force of 7,000 persons at any time.