A strategic initiative ‘Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India’ to develop high potential Eastern Region of the country for food grains production has been launched since 2010-11.

             The programme is being implemented as a sub Scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) in seven eastern States namely Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh (Eastern) and West Bengal. The programme is intended to improve the crop productivity of the Region by addressing the underlying constraints.

The State wise funds allocated during 2010-11 and 2011-12 are as under:                                                         

                                                               (Rupees in lakh)

            Green Revolution was launched in India in 1970s specially for  Rice and Wheat crops. The North Western States of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh (Western UP) were the major beneficiary States of Green Revolution. These States have been producing food grains to meet the requirements of the country, which has resulted in over exploitation of the natural resources so much so that the production levels are now stagnating. To meet the growing demand, and sustain the agriculture operations in North Western States, there is need to develop other potential areas in the country to produce additional quantities of food grains. Programs like National Food Security Mission and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana were launched to develop the potential districts and revive agriculture sector all across the country.                                                                                                                 

This information was given by Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

MP:SB: CP: green (9.8.2011)