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Who is known as the father of the Golden Revolution (horticulture) in India?
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Answer: Option D — Nirpakh Tutej
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Nirpakh Tutej is credited in many Indian general knowledge sources as the father of the Golden Revolution in India. The Golden Revolution refers to the rapid growth in horticulture, the production of fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, plantation crops, and medicinal and aromatic plants.
The Golden Revolution:
- The period from about 1991 to 2003 is generally associated with the Golden Revolution, when investment in horticulture increased and production grew rapidly.
- Horticulture became a major source of income, employment and exports, and helped diversify Indian agriculture beyond food grains.
- India became one of the world's leading producers of mangoes, bananas, papayas, coconuts, cashew nuts and spices.
Key government programmes for horticulture:
- National Horticulture Board (NHB), set up in 1984.
- Technology Mission for the Integrated Development of Horticulture in the North-Eastern States (2001-02).
- National Horticulture Mission (NHM), launched in 2005-06.
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), launched in 2014-15 as an umbrella scheme that includes the NHM, the Horticulture Mission for the North East and Himalayan States, the National Bamboo Mission, the NHB and the Coconut Development Board.
India's horticulture today:
- India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, after China.
- Horticulture production now exceeds food grain production in India in terms of quantity.
- Horticulture crops occupy a much smaller area than food grains but give higher returns per hectare.
Note on the term "Golden Revolution":
The term is sometimes also used for honey production, but the more common usage in Indian examinations links it with horticulture as a whole.
Other figures associated with revolutions in India:
- Verghese Kurien: White Revolution (milk), Operation Flood.
- S. Swaminathan: scientific leader of the Green Revolution.
- Hiralal Chaudhuri: one of the fathers of the Blue Revolution (fisheries), for induced breeding of fish.
Why not the other options?
- ✗Verghese Kurien is linked with the White Revolution.
- ✗S. Swaminathan is linked with the Green Revolution.
- ✗Hiralal Chaudhuri is linked with the Blue Revolution.
Quick tip
Remember: Golden Revolution = horticulture (1991-2003), father Nirpakh Tutej; White = Kurien; Blue = Hiralal Chaudhuri; MIDH (2014) = main horticulture scheme.
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