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Public Distribution System (PDS)

Public Distribution System in India is a food security system. Established by the Government of India under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and managed jointly with State Government. It distributes subsidised food and non-food items to Indian poor. Major commodities distributed include staple food grains, such as wheat, rice, sugar and kerosene, through a network of PDS shop Food Corporation of India, issue food grains to the state..Distribution of food grains to poor people throughout the country is managed by state governments. List of major agricultural revolutions in India. Revolution Black Revolution Blue Revolution Brown Revolution Golden Fibre Revolution Golden Revolution Green Revolution Grey Revolution Pink Revolution Red Revolution Round Revolution Silver Fiber Revolution Silver Revolution White Revolution Yellow Revolution Evergreen Revolution Production Petroleum Production Fish Production Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production Jute Production Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production Food grain (Cereals, Wheat &Leguminous plant) production Fertilizer Revolution Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production Meat & Tomato Production Potato Revolution Cotton Revolution Egg/Poultry Production Milk/Dairy production (In India - Operation Flood) Oil Seeds production Overall development of Agriculture

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Green Revolution
Due to horrible famine during 1965-66 and 1966-67, the government implemented the new agriculture policy of high yielding seeds so as to increase agriculture production.

The credit of green revolution in India is given to the Agriculture Scientist Dr. Norman Borlaug. However, the contribution of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is not less. But, its termed name is the contribution of American scientific Dr. William Gande. Comment

White Revolution
Speedy increase in the field of milk production is called White Revolution. To increase the pace of White Revolution, the Operation Flood was started. The Father of Operation Flood was Dr. Verghese Kurien. He is given full credit for successful implementation of this plan. The Operation Flood was the largest integrated dairy development programme of the world. It was started by National Dairy Development Board in 1970. India is the largest milk producing country in the world. In milk production of the country the share of Buffalo, Cow and Goat is 50%, 46% and 45% respectively. Per capita milk consumption in Punjab, it is 800 gm (maximum in India) and in Haryana, it is 640 gm.

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Yellow and Blue Revolution

Yellow Revolution: The increase in oil seeds production was due to Yellow Revolution. Blue Revolution: The progress in increase of fish production was called Blue Revolution. India is the sixth largest fish producer in the world. India is on second position in inland fish production in the world. India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world accounts for around 27% of world production and 13% of world trade. Assam is the biggest tea producer in the country. India ranks sixth in world coffee production and contributes only 4% of world coffee production. Karnataka is the largest producer of coffee in the country and it accounts for 56.5% of total coffee production in India. Cuba is known as the Sugar Bowl of the world. Here, sugar is made of Beetroot. India holds first position in the world in the production of sugar-cane and sugar. Comment

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