Explain the statement that green revolution enabled the government to procure sufficient food grains to build its stocks that could be used during times of shortage.
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Solution

Green revolution helped in substantial increase in food grain production and ended India’s reliance of imports from USA for food grains. Importing of HYV seeds from Mexico lead to surplus food crop production and subsequently made India self-sufficient. The farmers also had easy access to credit, were offered subsidies in fertilizer and land reforms that made life much easier for them. These farmers were able to save their surplus production and sell them to Government of India earning profit and also making the government stock enough food grains for an emergency situation like famines, drought etc.

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