Green Revolution and the Class Polarization Argument

It has been often argued that early part of Green Revolution led to a class polarization in the rural parts of the country because rich peasants became richer at the cost of small peasants; because the later were not able ..

Was Green Revolution a True Agricultural Revolution?

Green revolution was not an agricultural revolution in true sense. The new strategy brought a revolution in production of a few crops only. Initially it was limited to wheat, maize and bajra only. India’s largest crop rice responded to green ..

Labour augmenting and labour displacing element in Green Revolution

There is a general consensus that the adoption of new technology in Green Revolution had reduced labour absorption in agriculture. The uneven regional growth was mainly responsible for the low absorption of labour within agriculture. In a large number of ..

Green Revolution and Regional Inequalities

HYVP was initiated on a small area of 1.89 million hectares in 1966-67 and was limited to the irrigated Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. Naturally, the benefits of the new technology remained concentrated in this area only. Moreover, since ..

Green Revolution and growth of Capitalistic Farming in Indian Agriculture

The green revolution necessitated the heavy public expenditure in the seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and water domains of economy. From the farmer’s side, it implied use of better and improved inputs of agriculture which needed more capital. Making investments in tube ..

Impact of Green Revolution on Industry and Economy of India

Since the crops that used the HYV seeds needed more water, fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides etc, there was a boom in the domestic manufacturing sector also. The industrial growth created new jobs and thus contributed to the economy.  Further, the expansion ..

Impact of Green Revolution on India’s Cropping Pattern

Green revolution resulted in two significant changes in the cropping pattern of India. Firstly, since the output of the cereals has risen and output of pulses remained stagnant; there was a decline of importance of pulses in the foodgrains. This ..

Impact of Green Revolution on Food Production in India

Although green revolution happened in other developing countries also in those days, but India was most successful among them. The record output of food grains of 131 million in 1978-79 established India as one of the largest agricultural producers of ..