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Introduction:
India is primarily an agricultural economy and the majority of people are still dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. After independence, development of agriculture has been assured by various revolutions supported by the government.

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Various types of revolutions in Agriculture after Independence in India:

• Green Revolution: This revolution led to a tremendous rise in production of food grains, especially wheat, by use of high-yielding varieties of seeds, fertilisers and pesticide.
• White Revolution: The National Dairy Development Board initiated Operation Flood (1970) which led to revolution in milk production in India. It introduced new breeding technologies, high quality fodder, vaccination, and improved veterinary facilities.
• Blue Revolution: This revolution focussed on management of the fisheries sector and has led to phenomenal increase in both fish production and productivity from aquaculture and fisheries resources of the inland and marine fisheries.
• Other revolutions: Other significant revolutions include yellow revolution (oil seed production), golden fibre revolution (jute), golden revolution (horticulture), silver fibre revolution (Cotton) and red revolution (meat production).

Significance of these revolutions

• Self-sufficiency: India has become self-sufficient in food grain production with the help of green revolution. Similarly, white revolution made the world’s largest dairy development programme transformed India from a milk deficient nation to world’s largest milk producer producing around 17% of the global milk production.
• Reduced poverty: The innovations in agriculture have lifted millions of people out of poverty by generating rural income opportunities for farmers, farm labourers, and also reduced prices for consumers.
• Nutritional security: The exponential rise in milk production has led to nutritional security among the masses. Per capita availability of milk has reached an all time high of 337gms/day. Similarly, the Blue revolution led to food and nutritional security to fishermen.
• Diversified income sources: Farmers began engaging in livestock and poultry along with agriculture. And this diversified source of income helped the farmers deal with uncertainties of agriculture.

Conclusion:

To further carry on the momentum of these programmes and assure food security in the long run, the focus should be on the all-round development of the agriculture sector. Recently the government started the ‘rainbow revolution’ which focuses on all aspects of agriculture pertaining to various products.

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