Question

"India has transformed from a food scare to a food surplus country". Explain. please answer this is my assignment​

Answer 1

Answer:

Achievement of self-sufficiency in food grains has been one of the principal objectives of economic development in India. The government sponsored efforts for increasing production of food grains started under the Grow More Food Campaign in 1943 to combat the shortage of food production, though self-sufficiency as an objective of food production policy announced towards the end of 1948.

Since Independence, India’s foodgrain production has registered an over a five-fold increase, with a seen record at 292 million tonnes in 2019-2020. The country has largely achieved self-sufficiency as over the past 70 years it has transformed itself from a 'ship-to-mouth' status to an exporter.

The implementation of the Green Revolution in the 1960s gave the country's food grain production a significant boost, which then relied largely on imports to feed the market. The increase in irrigation cover, combined with the adoption of improved and hybrid seeds, resulted largely in higher food grain growth. India is riding high on the food production success story it has written over the past few years.