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| Which of the following program was launched by India in 1950s to increase food grain production in India? |
Intensive Agricultural District Programme Intensive Agricultural Area Programme Intensive Agriculture Programme Both 1 and 2 |
| Both 1 and 2 |
| After Independence, the immediate goal of the Government was to increase foodgrains production by (i) switching over from cash crops to food crops; (ii) intensification of cropping over already cultivated land; and (iii) increasing cultivated area by bringing cultivable and fallow land under plough. Initially, this strategy helped in increasing foodgrains production. But agricultural production stagnated during late –1950s. To overcome this problem, Intensive Agricultural District Programme (IADP) and Intensive Agricultural Area Programme (IAAP) were launched. But two consecutive droughts during mid-1960s resulted in food crisis in the country. Consequently, foodgrains were imported from other countries. |
