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Local commentary increasingly contrasts the sampurna (wholeness) of the organic produce with that of the hybrid produce. An elderly woman Bhargawa Hugar, in the village of Madbhavi, said: What.... they used to grow some wheat, red sorghum.... plant a few tubers, chilli plants... cotton. Now there's only hibrad (hybrid) ... where's the javari (organic/ local)? Hybrid seeds... hybrid crops.. even the children are hybrid. Hybrid seeds are sown on the earth... the children born are also hybrid.
Choose the incorrect statement for 'Green Revolution'.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → It led to increased equality in the rural society
Option (1) It was a government programme of agriculture modernisation — Correct statement (Incorrect). The Green Revolution was a government programme of agricultural modernisation, largely funded by international agencies.
Option (2) It was introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation — Correct statement (Incorrect). The new seeds needed sufficient water, so the programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, mainly the wheat and rice-growing areas.
Option (3) It led to increased equality in the rural society — Incorrect statement (Correct). Only farmers with land, capital, technology and know-how could invest in the new seeds and fertilisers and earn more, while many tenants were pushed off the land. This made the rich farmers better off and worsened the condition of the landless and marginal holders, so the Green Revolution increased inequality, not equality.
Option (4) It was based on providing HYV seeds and pesticides fertilizers etc — Correct statement (Incorrect). The programme was based on providing high-yielding variety (HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers and other inputs to farmers.
NCERT (2025-26): “4.3 The Green Revolution and its Social Consequences … It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and other inputs, to farmers. Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, because sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation. It was also targeted mainly at the wheat and rice-growing areas. As a result, only certain regions such as the Punjab, western U.P., coastal Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Tamil Nadu, received the first wave of the Green Revolution package.…” “…Well-to-do farmers who had access to land, capital, technology, and know-how, and those who could invest in the new seeds and fertilisers, could increase their production and earn more money. However, in many cases it led to the displacement of tenant-cultivators. For landowners began to take back land from their tenants and cultivate it directly because cultivation was becoming more profitable. This made the rich farmers better off, and worsened the condition of the landless and marginal holders.” |