Agriculture- India-Green Revolution & Implications [IAS (Admin.) Mains Geography]: Questions 1 - 6 of 6

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Question 1

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There were two phases for green revolution in India. Critically examine both the phases and the achievements. (15 Marks)

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Green Revolution in India

  • Before independence in 1943 India faced a severe famine.
  • It is considered as a world՚s worst recorded food disaster with nearly 4 million people lost their life of starvation.
  • In 1947, food security was a major issue to be resolved.
  • Then we started Era of Green Revolution (GR) . This revolution worked in two phases.
  • First phase…

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Question 2

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Examine yellow revolution in India. (In about 150 words) (10 Marks)

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Yellow Revolution in India

  • Yellow revolution is development and adoption of new varieties of oilseeds and complementary technology which nearly doubled the oilseed production.
  • Country transformed its status from net importer of oilseeds to net producer, self-sufficient net exporter.
  • This transformation happened in a decade with help of institutional s…

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Question 3

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Bring out the drawbacks of green revolution in India.

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Green Revolution in India

Green revolution is characterised as ‘Prisoner of its success’ even though, it has made India Self-Sufficient in food grain production, it has several drawbacks

The Socio Economic

Geographical

Change in crop combinations & cropping pattern which was unsuitable for agro-ecology.

Ecological

  • Unscientific resource use and thus exhau…

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Question 4

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Why this is a need for India to shift from green revolution to evergreen revolution? Do you think this will bring tremendous difference in the productivity?

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Green Revolution to Evergreen Revolution

  • Evergreen revolution is a highlighted path way of increasing production and productivity in a manner reach that short & long term goals of good products are not mutually antagonistic.
  • The claim is to produce more from less land, less pesticides, less water and if must be an evergreen revolution to get sustaina…

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Question 5

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Critically analyze the role of the Green Revolution in achieving food security in India.

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In a vast country like India, Food Security is the most crucial element and challenging as well. It is not only about feeding people but is a more holistic concept. FAO defined Food Security as,

  • “All people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary nee…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2019

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Examine ongoing space programmes of India and their implications for national security in future. (Marks 15)

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  • Indian space policy is undergoing important changes. When India is developing space programmes just after the independence India was very conscious of the resource constraints and therefore India՚s space programme developed with a primary focus on social and economic development of its people.
  • In recent years India՚s space programme has grown with a…

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