Question

The production of milk witnessed an eight-fold increase. The production of eggs witnessed a forty-fold increase, while the production of fish grew thirteen-fold between India’s independence and mid-2000s.

What is the main reason behind achieving this feat?

• A. Use of buffer stock
• B. Efficient public distribution system
• C. Increased land in cultivation
• D. Intervention of technology

Answer 1

The correct option is D Intervention of technology

Buffer stock played a prominent role in reducing the food shortage problems in deficit areas and among the poorer strata of the society. But the intervention of technology helped India achieve a manifold increase in the production of milk, eggs, and fish.