What is Green Revolution?
Green revolution is the introduction of new variety of farming in agriculture fields which includes usage of high yielding variety of seeds, new irrigation facilities and use of fertilisers. It aims to increase the production of crops.
Green revolution refers to the introduction of High yielding variety (HYV) of seeds and increased use of fertilizer and irrigation methods. It took place during the 1960s especially 1965onwards. It was aimed at providing increase in production to make India self-sufficient in food grains.
Green revolution is a spectacular increase in the production of food grains during 1967-68 due to scientific methods of cultivation.