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Question 4 Do you believe that Green Revolution has made India self-sufficient in food grains? How?

Class 9 - Social science - Food Security in India Page 53

Answer 1

Yes green revolution has made India self sufficient in food grains in the following ways:

a)
Increase in production:
Green revolution has increase the production of various crops many times.
The production of foodgrains was just 7.23 million tonnes in 1964- 65 which has increased to 218 million tonnes in 2009-10 .

b)
Control over imports:
After independence India was dependent on other countries for its food grain requirements. But now our imports of food grains are negligible.

C)
Overflowing buffer stocks:
The minimum buffer norms for FCI are 24.3 million tons but due to the success of Green revolution the stock is much more than the minimum norms.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Yes ,green revolution has made India self sufficient in food grains.

It is through:

• In India after green revolution production of many crops has increased many times. the production of wheat was just 88 lakh tonnes in 1955-56. now it has crossed 718 lakh tons.

• After independence India was dependent on other countries for its food grains requirements but now our imports of food grains are negligible.

• The minimum buffer norms for FCI are 24.3 million tones but due to the success of Green Revolution the stock is much more than the minimum norms.

• Farmers uses high yielding varieties of seeds and fertilizers for the expansion of irrigation facilities and increasing the production of crops.

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