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Bring out some positive and negative social consequences of green revolution. How has green revolution changed the rural social structure?

  • UPSC 2012
  • Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

The Green Revolution ended India's dependence on imported foodgrain, but it was never socially neutral: its package of high-yielding seed, fertiliser, assured irrigation and credit had to be bought, so it rewarded prior endowment. The answer therefore has two parts — a balance sheet, and the structural rearrangement it produced.

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  • How rural social structure changed
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