How who and when did green revolution started in india?
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Green Revolution in India:
It started mainly in early 1960s, that revolutionized the very traditional idea of food production by introduction of new techniques of agriculture and thus giving a big boost to the productivity level.
The main focus was given on use of High Yielding Variety(HYV) seeds developed by the US agro-scientist Norman Borlaug. These seeds were developed with the help of repeated mutations, that made the plant dwarf and the grain heavier, resulting into high yield. Apart from that, use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, germicides, Herbicides and Weedicides were highly encouraged. Irrigation and storage infrastructure were planned to develop to ensure better outcome.
But Green Revolution in India had positive as well as negative impact.