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Refers to the tremendous increase in foodgrain production that was achieved in different parts
of India owing to different strategies in agriculture during 1960s
This included
o Use of high yielding varieties of seeds
o Chemical fertilizers and pesticides
o Development of rural markets, roads, institutional credit and support mechanism
o Mechanization of agriculture through the use of pumps, harvesters, tractors etc.
It was optimistically reckoned that it would not only provide a lasting solution to the problem of rural
poverty and hunger but would also be instrumental in achieving self sufficiency in food production and
serve as a launching pad for rural industrialization that would create new employment opportunities
and improve living conditions at the grassroots level.
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Negative
Process of challenging the rigidity of caste system along with assertion by lower castes was
initiated by land reforms and further intensified by green revolution
Deepankar Gupta advocated that it le to intensification of caste and caste consciousness.
o Eg. Jats began to distinguish themselves in Haryana; Sikhs in Punjab
It also led to the displacement of service caste groups because there work was taken up by
machines
Rest copy from land reforms.