Green Revolution :
Effects of the Green Revolution :
- Economic effect :
Negative Effect
- Inter-regional and intra-regional economic disparity increased.
- Only big farmers got benefit from the Green Revolution.
- Capitalistic agriculture got encouraged in which heavy investment is needed.
Social Effect:
Negative Effect :
- Big farmers became richer. They evolved like capitalists in the villages.
Labourers were exploited. This created the situation of class-struggle. - Because of the use of new machines in agriculture, the problem of
unemployment rose before the makers of traditional agricultural implements,
viz. carpenters, blacksmiths etc. they were compelled to migrate to towns
which affected the self-dependent rural economy