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Green revolution refers to the tremendous increase in agricultural production and productivity that has come about with the introduction of new agricultural technology. It transformed the economy of scarcity into an economy of plenty.
Rise in Production and Productivity. Green Revolution helped in removing continuing food shortages. HYVP was restricted to only five crops namely, wheat, rice, jowar, bajra and maize. Commercial crops were excluded from the ambit of the new strategy. Substantial increase in wheat production was noticed.
The wheat production increased from 11.1 million tonnes in the Third Plan to 93.9 million tonnes in 2011-12.
Rice production initially increased slowly and later at a fast pace. The production increased from 35.1 million tonnes in the Third Plan to 92.8 million tonnes in 2011-12.
The production of coarse cereals (jowar, bajra and maize) fell to 26.1 million tonnes in 1965-66 and then increased to 32.5 million tonnes in 2011-12.