CURRENT CONTEXT

• Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan

(MS Swaminathan) who passed away
recently, played a crucial role in the
Green Revolution that helped India
combat food insecurity.
 Timeline of Dr M S Swaminathan’s life

Year Milestones
1925 Born in Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency
1947 Joined Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
1954 Collaborated with Dr Norman Borlaug on wheat
Appointed director-general of the Indian Council of
1979
Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Became Director General of the International Rice
1982
Research Institute
1987 Awarded the first World Food Prize
1988 Established M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

2011 Served in Rajya Sabha, introduced Women Farmers’ Bill

IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION BY M S SWAMINATHAN
• Led India out of ‘Hunger Trap’

• Research on Crops

• Lab to Land

• MSP
Green Revolutio
n
NEED FOR GREEN REVOLUTION
IN INDIA

• Bengal Famine of 1942

• India was dependent on food imports

from Western Countries at a
Subsidized Rate

• Indo-Pak War 1965

 IMPACT OF GREEN REVOLUTION

POSITIVE NEGATIVE

• Crop Yields • Non-Food Grains Neglected

• Food Production • Regional Disparities

• Crop Area Expansion • Excessive Chemical Usage

• Rural Employment • Water Consumption