Question

In india there has been how many times increase in the production of food grains from 1960 to 1970

Answer 1

The Green Revolution in India refers to a period of time when agriculture in Indiachanged to an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, tractors, irrigation facilities, pesticides, fertilizers etc. Green revolution was started by Norman Borlaug. The key leadership role played by the Indian agricultural scientist M.S.Swaminathan together with many others including GS Kalkat, M.S.Swaminathan earned him the popularly used title 'Father of Green Revolution of India'. The Green Revolutionallowed developing countries, like India, to try to overcome poor agricultural productivity. Within India, this started in the early 1960s and led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, HaryanaplusUttar Pradesh (especially Western UP) during the early phase. The main development was higher-yielding varieties of wheat,for developing rust resistant strains of wheat.