GK
INDIAN ECONOMY
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Question
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Traditional Irrigation facilities
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Use of manure
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HYV seeds
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Green Revolution in the 1960s, Indian farmers cultivated wheat and rice using high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, irrigation, chemical fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides, and more. These HYV seeds could produce a lot more grains on a single plant than regular seeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Using seeds with improved genetics: Using seeds with superior genetics was the scientific aspect of the Green Revolution. The Indian Council for Agricultural Research developed new strains of high yield variety seeds, mainly wheat and rice, millet and corn.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the first phase, the use of HYV seeds was restricted to the more affluent states such as Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.