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  2. Green Revolution in India - Wikipedia

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    The state of Punjab led India's Green Revolution and earned the distinction of being the "breadbasket of India." [1] [2]The Green Revolution was a period that began in the 1960s during which agriculture in India was converted into a modern industrial system by the adoption of technology, such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, mechanized farm tools, irrigation facilities ...

  3. Economic development in India - Wikipedia

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    Composition of India's total production of foodgrains and commercial crops, in 2003–04, by weight. India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 18.6% of the GDP in 2005, employed 60% of the total workforce [13] and despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, is still the largest economic sector and plays a ...

  4. National Green Tribunal - Wikipedia

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    National Green Tribunal has been bestowed with powers to decide on questions for implementing laws mentioned in Schedule I of the NGT Act and to be heard on all cases which are civil in nature and deals with environmental issues as follows: [7] The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974;

  5. Public Distribution System (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.

  6. Ninth grade - Wikipedia

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    In the social studies curriculum, there are a variety of different courses that may be offered depending on school district. For example students may take a geography class, a government class, or a world history class. [54] In the science curriculum, ninth grade students are required, in most areas, to take biology.

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  8. Economics - Wikipedia

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    The earlier term for the discipline was "political economy", but since the late 19th century, it has commonly been called "economics". [22] The term is ultimately derived from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomia) which is a term for the "way (nomos) to run a household (oikos)", or in other words the know-how of an οἰκονομικός (oikonomikos), or "household or homestead manager".

  9. Eco-efficiency - Wikipedia

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    [1] [7] The win-win micro-method is limited because it cannot give a concrete answer on the question of whether it improves overall environmental performance. And the third is difference eco-efficiency , which is similar to the win-win variant, but removes all irrelevant alternatives to heighten potential for optimal technologies while ...