The Green Revolution was started in the late 1950’s to make India self-sufficient in terms of technology.

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The above statement is false. The Green Revolution started in the late 1950s to make India self-sufficient in terms of food production instead of technology. The Government of India introduced the Green Revolution to increase food production by using High Yielding Variety of seeds, insecticides, pesticides, and additional irrigational facilities. This Revolution resulted in the cultivation of various crops in areas where it was impossible to grow earlier. Rice needs high rainfall, which is not possible in Punjab and Haryana. But after seeing the demand for rice, with additional irrigational facilities, HYV seeds, and insecticides and pesticides, rice cultivation became possible in those areas.
The correct statement would be, The Green Revolution was started in the late 1950s to make India self-sufficient in terms of food production.

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