1. Socio-economic Impact

Food production increased in such a way (wheat in 1960s and rice, by 1970s) that many countries became self-sufficient (self sufficiency of food must not be confused with the idea of food security) and some even emerged as food exporting countries.

But the discrepancy in farmers’ income, it brought with itself increased the inter-personal as well as inter-regional disparities/inequalities in India.23 Rise in the incidence of malaria due to water-logging, a swing in the balanced cropping patterns in favour of wheat and rice putting pulses, oilseeds, maize, barley on the margins, etc., were negative impacts.