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GREEN REVOLUTION

GREEN REVOLUTION 


Introduction
  1. Purpose
    1. Make India self-sufficient in production of food grains
  2. Philosophy
    1. Production centred approach, based on capitalism
    2. Capital intensive. use of fertilizers, HYV seeds, pesticides, etc
    3. Intensive use of land
  3. Started in 1961 as Intensive Agriculture Development Programme (IADP)
  4. Later extended to 114 districts under Intensive Agricultural Area Programme (IAAP) in 1965
  5. Outcomes
    1. Self sufficient in food production
    2. Growth in agricultural sector at 3-5%
  6. VKRV Rao: gains came at substantial social  and political cost
    1. Increased gap between rich and poor
    2. Increased rural indebtness due to farmers borrowing to purchase implements and seeds
    3. Small and marginal actually lost land
  7. GS Bhalla, GK Chaddha: increased agricultural wages, total income and strengthened bargaining power of workers
  8. Hansara, SS Grewal: no increase in real wages
    1. Decline in living standards
    2. Migrant labour
    3. Created social unrest
  9. Rudolf and Rudolph; Strengthened role of caste in India politics
  10. TK Oommen, Utsa atnaik, Pranab Bardhan: poor distributive aspect giving rise to frustration and unrest
  11. Vandana Shiva: book- Violence of Green Revolution, 1993
    1. Negative impact on society and nature
  12. KR Narayanan, president: 
    1. If we ignore land reforms, it will lead to revolution
    2. Green revolution should not lead to red revolution 


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