Tuesday, 14 August 2018

On India’s 71st Independence Day, Let Us Salute the Real Heroes of India

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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