Question

What is 'Green Revolution'?

Answer 1

Introduced during $"{1950}^{\prime }s"$ and $"{1960}^{\prime }s"$, "Green revolution" was the "adoption of new technology" to increase crop production world-wide. The new methods employed were- "High Yielding Variety (HYV)" of seeds, usage of chemical fertilizers, irrigation techniques, machines for cultivation etc. "Green revolution" started in India in 1965 with the help of scientist "M S Swaminathan" who is also known as the "father of Green revolution". It was of great help to the recently independent India after the "British rule", India had faced a lot of famines and had lost several lives.