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The Green Revolution in India was the outcome of the efforts of who amongst the following?

Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan, working with Norman Borlaug, introduced and developed high-yielding wheat and rice varieties in the 1960s, which together with…

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The Green Revolution in India was the outcome of the efforts of who amongst the following?

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Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan, working with Norman Borlaug, introduced and developed high-yielding wheat and rice varieties in the 1960s, which together with irrigation and fertilisers produced the Green Revolution; he is called its father in India. C. Rangarajan is an economist and former RBI Governor, and K.V. Kamath a banker, not agricultural scientists.

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