The term Green Revolution refers to the large increase in production of food grains resulting from the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, especially for wheat and rice. It was implemented because at independence, about 75% of the country’s population was dependent on agriculture.
But the productivity in the agricultural sector was very low because of the old technology and the absence of required infrastructure for the vast majority of farmers. India’s agriculture vitally depends on the monsoon and if monsoon fell short the farmers were in trouble unless they had access to irrigation facilities which very few had.
By the use of HYV seeds, the productivity of food grains increased remarkably and a good proportion of the rice and wheat produced during the green revolution period was sold by the farmers in the market. India achieved self-sufficiency and selfreliability in food grains.
