Green Revolution was launched in 1965 with the help of M.S. Swaminathan 

Green Revolution has a significant impact on Indian agriculture.

• It increased the agricultural production due to HYV (High Yielding Variety) seeds  most notably in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
• It made India world’s one of the largest agricultural nation from previously food deficient nation.
• It provided employment to a large number of people in various sectors
• It produced plants strong enough to withstand diseases and extreme climate

While it was highly effective in short period in the longer run it did more harm than good

• Due to high usage of chemical fertilizers the soil eroded the fertility dropped and the ground water contaminated
• It created disparity between small farmers and large farmers
• It made plants more vulnerable to pests

We can all agree it had it’s own limitations and success

We learnt many lessons from this

1. Many farmers started shifting to organic farming
2. It made India self sufficient
3. We started developing even better technology for agriculture