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Agricultural Revolutions of India

 

Products

Revolution

Father of Revolution

Integration of ecological principles in technology development

Evergreen Revolution

M S Swaminathan

Higher Production (Technology-driven 2nd Green revolution)

Protein Revolution

Coined by Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitely

Oilseed Production (Especially Mustard and Sunflower)

Yellow Revolution

Sam Pitroda

Petroleum products

Black Revolution

Fish Production

Blue Revolution

Dr Arun Krishnan

Leather / Cocoa / Non-Conventional Products

Brown Revolution

Jute Production

Golden Fiber Revolution

Fruits / Honey Production / Horticulture Development

Golden Revolution

Nirpakh Tutej

Fertilizers

Grey Revolution

Onion Production / Pharmaceuticals / Prawn Production

Pink Revolution

Durgesh Patel

Egg Production / Poultry Production

Silver Revolution

Indira Gandhi (Mother of the Revolution)

Cotton

Silver Fiber Revolution

Meat Production / Tomato Production

Red Revolution

Vishal Tewari

Potato

Round Revolution

Food Grains

Green Revolution

M.S. Swaminathan

Milk Production

White Revolution

Verghese Kurien

Heavy Water Plants of India

 

Location

Process

Baroda (Gujarat)

Uses monothermal ammonia-hydrogen exchange process

Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)

Uses the monothermal ammonia-hydrogen exchange process

Talcher (Orissa)

Uses the bi-thermal ammonia-hydrogen exchange process

Thal (Maharashtra)

Uses the monothermal ammonia-hydrogen exchange process

Hazira (Gujarat)

Uses the monothermal ammonia-hydrogen exchange process

Kota (Rajasthan)

Uses the hydrogen sulfide-water exchange process

Manuguru (Telangana)

Uses the hydrogen sulfide-water exchange process

Biosphere Reserves of India

 

Year

Reserve

Location

Area (sq.km)

1986

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka

5520

1988

Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

Uttarakhand

5860

1989

Gulf of Mannar

Tamil Nadu

10500

1988

Nokrek

Meghalaya

820.00 

1989

Sundarbans

West Bengal

9630

1989

Manas

Assam

2837

1994

Simlipal

Odisha

4374

1998

Dihang-Dibang

Arunachal Pradesh

5112

1999

Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve

Madhya Pradesh

4981.72

2005

Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

3835

2008

Great Rann of Kutch

Gujarat

12454

2009

Cold Desert

Himachal Pradesh

7770

2000

Khangchendzonga National Park

Sikkim

2620

2001

Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve

Kerala, Tamil Nadu

3500.08

1989

Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

885

1997

Dibru-Saikhowa

Assam

765

2010

Seshachalam Hills

Andhra Pradesh

4755.997

2011

Panna

Madhya Pradesh

2998.98