INDIA’S UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENTS IN
AGRICULTURE
Needar Jawan, Surakshit Bharat
Saksham Kisan, Samriddh Bharat
§ Agriculture plays a vital role in India’s economy.
§ 54.6% of
the population is engaged in agriculture and allied activities (census 2011)
and it contributes 17.4% to the country’s Gross Value Added for the year
2016-17 (at current prices).
§ Steps have
been taken to improve soil fertility on a sustainable basis through the soil
health card scheme, to provide improved access to irrigation and enhanced water
efficiency through Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), to support
organic farming through Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and to support for
creation of a unified national agriculture market to boost the income of
farmers.
Milestones in Indian Agriculture
§ Green Revolution (1968)
A large increase in crop production in
developing countries achieved by the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides,
and high-yield crop varieties.
§ Ever- Green Revolution (1996)
Swaminathan
is an advocate of moving India to sustainable development, especially using
environmentally sustainable agriculture, sustainable food security and the
preservation of biodiversity, which he calls an "evergreen revolution."
§ Blue Revolution (Water, Fish)
Blue Revolution, the Neel Kranti Mission has
the vision to achieve economic prosperity of the country and the fishers and
fish farmers as well as contribute towards food and nutritional security
through full potential utilization of water resources for fisheries development
in a sustainable manner, keeping in view the bio-security and environmental
concerns.
§ White Revolution (Milk)
White Revolution was one of the biggest dairy development
movements, by the Indian Government, in India in 1970. It was a step taken by
the Indian Government to
develop and help the dairy industry sustain itself economically by developing a
co-operative, while providing employment to the poor farmers.
§ Yellow Revolution (Flower, Edible)
Yellow
revolution defines increase in the oil production. The growth, development and adoption of new varieties
of oilseeds and complementary technologies nearly doubled oilseeds production
from 12.6 mt in 1987-88 to 24.4 mt in 1996-97, catalyzed by the Technology
Mission on Oilseeds, brought about the Yellow Revolution
§ Bio Technology Revolution
Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles
to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide goods and
services. From its inception, biotechnology has maintained a close relationship
with society.
§ ICT Revolution
ICT is short for information and communications
technology. It refers to a broad field encompassing computers, communications
equipment and the services associated with them. It includes the telephone,
cellular networks, satellite communication, broadcasting media and other forms
of communication.
§ Indian Army
India
has the second largest army in the world with about 1.2 million soldiers. It
has the complete spectrum of weaponry required to fight any type of war from
nuclear to low intensity/sub-conventional. For reasons that will be discussed
later (when India’s military industrial complex is examined), most of the
equipment, especially combat equipment, is imported and is largely of Soviet
origin due to historic political conditions.
Only in the last decade or so has the Indian Army diversified its import
sourcing.
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