Arrange the agricultural development of India in chronological order from Independence to the present day:
(A) Green Revolution
(B) Agro-Climatic Planning
(C) Intensive Agricultural District Programme
(D) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) - (C), (A), (B), (D)
(C) Intensive Agricultural District Programme (Late 1950s): Launched to overcome agricultural production stagnation during late –1950s.
(A) Green Revolution (Mid 1960s)
(B) Agro-Climatic Planning (1988): The Planning Commission of India focused its attention on the problems of agriculture in rainfed areas in 1980s. It initiated agro-climatic planning in 1988 to induce regionally balanced agricultural development in the country.
(D) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (2014-15)- National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture is to make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient by promoting location specific integrated/composite farming systems and to conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures.