- Transformation:
- Introduced High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds, fertilizers, pesticides.
- Improved irrigation facilities and modern agricultural techniques.
- Led to significant increase in food grain production (e.g., 74 MT in 1966-67 to 105 MT in 1971-72).
- India became self-sufficient in food grains, reducing imports to nearly zero.
- Spread to new areas like eastern UP, Andhra Pradesh, and later eastern region.
- Limitations:
- The text does not explicitly list limitations of the Green Revolution in this section.
- However, it mentions that the strategy underlying the first three plans assumed benefits would trickle down, but growth remained too weak.
- It also implies that the Green Revolution was supported by huge government subsidies, which is not sustainable.