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Green Revolution is the Intensive plan of the 1967 to increase crop yields in developing countries by introducing higher-yielding strains of plant and new fertilizers. It developed new strains of high yield variety seeds, mainly wheat and rice and also millet and corn.

Green revolution is a revolution in the field of agriculture which improved the yield drastically by employing high yielding variety plants. It was introduced in India in the year 1967. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is considered as  father of green revolution in India.

Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India's Green Revolution a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers. Swaminathan is known as "Indian Father of Green Revolution" for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India.

The Green Revolution in India was a period when agriculture in India increased its yields due to improved agronomic technology. Green Revolution allowed developing countries, like India, to overcome poor agricultural productivity. It started in India in the early 1960s and led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase. The main development was higher-yielding varieties of wheat, which were developed by many scientists, including American agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug, Indian geneticist M. S. Swaminathan, and others. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research also claims credit for enabling the Green Revolution, in part by developing rust resistant strains of wheat.