To solve the food problem of the country which among the following is necessary?
A
Increased production and storage of food grains
B
Easy access of people to the food grain
C
People should have money to purchase the grains
D
All of the above
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The correct Answer is:
D
With 1.04 billion people our country second in population growth around the world . According to an estimate by the year 2020 India population would rise to about 1.343 billion . It is estimated that to feed such a huge population we will require at least 241 million tonnes of grain production per annum. Therefore it is necessary to increase production of both plants and animals. Even in the past to meet the demands of growing India population our scientists (such as Swaminathan Kurein) adopted methods to increase food production A variety of revolutions , helped India in becoming self-reliant . These revolution include green revolution (high production of fodd grains) blue revolution (enhanced fish production) , white revolution (increased milk production) and yellow revolution (increased oil production). Our scientists are continuously making efforts to increase the pulse production i.e., golden revolution.
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