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Indian agriculture (Green Revolution): Identify the significant shifts that occurred during India’s Green Revolution era. Focus on cropping pattern, inputs, regions, and productivity changes associated with the HYV programme (mid-1960s onward). Choose the best description.

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Rapid spread of HYV wheat/rice with intensive irrigation and fertilizers, concentrated in Punjab–Haryana–Western UP, raising yields substantially
Shift from foodgrains to coarse millets in rainfed east and northeast, with falling fertilizer use
Major expansion only in pulses across all states with limited irrigation growth
Uniform gains across all crops and regions regardless of irrigation access

Correct Answer: Rapid spread of HYV wheat/rice with intensive irrigation and fertilizers, concentrated in Punjab–Haryana–Western UP, raising yields substantially

Explanation:

Key shifts

Adoption of HYV seeds, especially for wheat (and later rice), alongside irrigation, fertilizers, and mechanization.
Regional concentration of gains in well-irrigated northwestern India (Punjab, Haryana, Western UP) and select command areas.
Marked rise in productivity and output of wheat (and rice later), not uniform across pulses/coarse cereals or rainfed regions initially.

Final Answer
Concentrated HYV-irrigation-fertilizer push in NW India driving yield gains (option A).

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