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“Why did the Green Revolution happen in India?”
India's Green Revolution began when Indira Gandhi's government, with international support, introduced high-yielding variety (HYV) seeds and modern technologies to combat severe food shortages in the mid-1960s. This shifted agriculture to a high-productivity system.
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Food grain production surged, particularly wheat, enabling India to achieve self-sufficiency and end import reliance by the early 1970s. Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh became high-productivity centers due to irrigation and infrastructure supporting HYV adoption.
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