India is on 55th place in Global Hunger Index – 2014. This rank is better than Pakistan and Bangladesh but trails behind countries like Thailand, China, Ghana, Iraq,...
Since 1990s, the food security has been a consistent theme raised in specific contexts in various conferences convened by the United Nations and other organizations. The joint FAO/WTO...
Distribution of essential commodities to larger section of the society, mostly vulnerable people, through a network of fair Price Shops on a recurring basis is done by the...
Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India or BGREI scheme was launched in 2010-11 by the UPA government on the basis of recommendation of a Planning Commission task force....
India needs second green revolution to bring food security to its billion plus population, to remove distress of farming community and to make its agriculture globally competitive. To...
The first green revolution ran out of steam mainly because it was focussed only on grain production; it did not help the dryland farming and it was not...
In 2004, the UPA government had constituted a National Commission on Farmers under the chairmanship of Dr. MS Swaminathan. This commission included a wide variety of people into...
Barring few pockets, the green revolution virtually bypassed the eastern region of the country despite the fact that it has fertile soil and plenty of water. There were...
Although green revolution led to increased production and economic betterment of the well to do farmers, but there is a dark aspect of this development. On several fronts,...
It has been often argued that early part of Green Revolution led to a class polarization in the rural parts of the country because rich peasants became richer...
Green revolution was not an agricultural revolution in true sense. The new strategy brought a revolution in production of a few crops only. Initially it was limited to...
Indian Navy has commissioned INS Kochi, a Kolkata-class Guided Missile Destroyer in its contingent to showcase India’s indigenous efforts in the field of underwater warfare. The ship was...
