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‘Monster’ to miracle: How a machine in Punjab became India’s harvesting hero

July 29, 2025 9:03 am

What began in the dusty bylanes of Bhadson, Patiala, Nabha, and Malerkotla in the wake of the Green Revolution (1965–66) was an audacious experiment: building a combine harvester from scratch.

New Delhi has chance to repay Green Revolution debt: Why doing so is in India's interest

July 14, 2025 8:45 am

The bodies that helped seed India’s Green Revolution are looking at New Delhi for help after USAID has been dismantled. This opens up the possibility for India to increase funding and have greater say in their running

Over 80 per cent of India’s freshwater withdrawals go to agriculture, much of it lost to inefficient and unsustainable use (Express photo)

India cannot resolve its food challenge without fixing how it uses water

June 08, 2025 5:40 pm

Water must be treated as a finite economic resource, not a limitless political entitlement. This requires tough reforms

Experts to farmers: Punjab’s draft agri policy gets universal thumbs up

May 31, 2025 12:07 pm

An 11-member committee headed by Sukhpal Singh submitted a comprehensive draft on October 13, 2023.

Why Haryana’s agriculture is different from Punjab’s

October 02, 2024 1:20 am

The poll-bound state has a more diversified cropping profile than the environmentally and fiscally-unsustainable rice-wheat monoculture of Punjab

Fueling India’s green revolution: At 1st Indian Express roundtable, industry titans, experts deliberate on roadmap ahead

October 11, 2023 9:55 am

The central theme of the discussion revolved around the goal of achieving a 20% blending of ethanol in petrol and 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by the year 2030.

Ashok Gulati remembers M S Swaminathan: He brought science and humanity together

September 29, 2023 10:42 am

Challenge today is to continue Swaminathan's legacy, improve farmers' profitability during times of climate change

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A fitting tribute to M S Swaminathan would be to restore centrality of science in agriculture

September 29, 2023 7:45 am

Express View: Indian agriculture today lacks a champion pursuing strategic objectives for the sector with missionary zeal like Swaminathan. It equally lacks committed ministers and civil servants

When a Punjab farmer had erected Dr MS Swaminathan’s statue to pay tribute to the ‘living legend’

September 28, 2023 6:06 pm

In an advice to the Punjab government, Swaminathan had once said, “The groundwater situation in the state isn’t good. Free electricity should be avoided, since it promotes excessive pumping of water."

General Ne Win, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Burma, being presented a bunch of ears of corn by MS Swaminathan, Director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi in 1970.

How MS Swaminathan triggered the Green Revolution and helped India achieve food security

September 29, 2023 10:40 am

MS Swaminathan, who passed away recently, played a crucial role in heralding the Green Revolution that helped India combat food insecurity. What challenges did India face at the time and how were they dealt with?

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Odisha capable of bringing second green revolution: PM Modi

February 21, 2016 2:21 pm

Bargah (Odisha), Feb 21 (ANI): Addressing the farmers in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Odisha is the only state in India capable to bringing second green revolution. Modi said the state has is rich in natural resources and it can be nation's number one agricultural state. He added that the Centre, state and farmers together can increase the income of farmers in India by two fold by 2022. Modi further urged the farmers to join the 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna' as the scheme can solve all the problems they have been facing from years.