BANKING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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North-East states
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Bihar and Jharkhand
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West Bengal
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Tamil Nadu and Kerala
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Detailed explanation-1: -The state of Punjab led India’s Green Revolution and earned the distinction of being the “breadbasket of India."
Detailed explanation-2: -The Green Revolution in India was initiated in the 1960s by introducing high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat to increase food production in order to alleviate hunger and poverty.
Detailed explanation-3: -M S Swaminathan is considered as the father of Green Revolution in India as he founded it.
Detailed explanation-4: -The introduction of High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of seeds and the increased use of chemical fertilisers and irrigation are known collectively as Green Revolution. It provided the increase in production needed to make India self-sufficient in foodgrains, thus improved the agricultural sector in India.