DMPQ: Write in brief on the achievements of Green Revolution in India

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The main achievements of Green Revolution may be summarized as under:

  1. The production and productivity of wheat, rice, maize, and bajra has increased substantially.
  2. India has become almost self-sufficient in the matter of staple foods.
  3. The double cropped area has increased; thereby intensification of the Indian agriculture has increased.
  4. In the areas where Green Revolution is a success, the farmers have moved from subsistent to market oriented economy, especially in Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh, and
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the plain districts of Uttarakhand (Hardwar and Udhamsinghnagar).
  • The adoption of High Yielding Varieties under the Green Revolution has generated more rural and urban employment.
  • Green Revolution has increased the income of farmers and landless labourers, especially that of the big farmers and the semi-skilled rural workers. Thus Green Revolution has increased rural prosperity.
  • Green Revolution has created jobs in the areas of biological (seed fertilisers) innovations, and repair of agricultural equipments and machinery.

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