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Deterioration of natural resources due to imbalanced use of fertilisers
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Monday, 01 July, 2019, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Green Revolution made the country self-reliant in foodgrain production. Post Green Revolution, there was an increase in the use of chemical fertilisers and irrigation water to meet the nutrient and water demand, respectively, of high yielding varieties (HYVs) of crops.
However, due to the imbalanced use of fertilisers, coupled with the decrease in use of organic manure and over-exploitation of ground water, there is deterioration of natural resources.
In order to meet the foodgrains requirement of the growing population of the country, the Government of India is laying emphasis on development of the resource-rich eastern region of the country for enhancing agricultural production.
This would also help in reducing the over exploitation of natural resources in the north-western region, the traditional food bowl of the country.
Considering the potentiality of increasing production and productivity of foodgrains in eastern states, Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), a sub-scheme of the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), is being implemented since 2010-11 in seven states of the country, namely Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
After implementation of the programme, the production of rice has increased in the seven eastern states from 45.65 million tonne during 2009-10 to 57.18 million tonne during 2017-18.
Besides, the Schemes/Missions, namely the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), the Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP), the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) etc., under the Umbrella scheme, Green Revolution Krishonnati Yojana, are also continued beyond the 12th Five-Year Plan for the period between 2017-18 and 2019-20.
These schemes are for the development of the agriculture and allied sector in a holistic and scientific manner to increase the income of farmers by enhancing production, productivity and better returns on produce.
This Information was given by agriculture and farmers welfare minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha recently.
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