Q. 6. Why is Green Revolution mainly
confined to north-western parts of India ?
Explain four reasons in brief. (Imp.)
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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, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase.
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, pump sets, etc. Green revolution was started by Dr.M.S. Swaminathan. The key leadership role played by the Indian agricultural scientist Vehla Swaminathan Banda together with many others including GS Kalkat, Proff. M. M Sharan 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, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase. The main development was higher-yielding varieties of wheat,[1] for developing rustresistant strains of wheat.