Sponsor Area

Indian Economy 1950-1990

Question
CBSEENEC11008746

What do you mean by New Agricultural Strategy?

Solution

The new agricultural strategy was put into practice for the first time in India in 1966. This was termed as High Yielding Varieties Programme. The HYV programme was introduced in the form of a package programme since high yielding varieties of seeds required regular and adequate irrigation facilities, extensive use of fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides. As a result of this programme, a surprise increase in food grains production was observed in 1967-68 (Nearly 25 percent increase compared to the production in 1966-67). The economists termed this increase in production as Green Revolution.