QUESTION 13
GS3
15 marks
What are the major factors responsible for making rice-wheat system a success? In spite of this success how has this system become bane in India?
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Explain why the rice–wheat system succeeded and how it has become a problem.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Success factors: HYV seeds, assured irrigation, fertilisers, MSP and procurement, credit, extension≈50 words
- 2Bane: groundwater depletion, soil nutrient imbalance, stubble burning, monoculture, nutrition (less pulses and millets), methane≈50 words
- 3Fiscal: procurement and storage costs≈50 words
- 4Way out: diversification, DSR, millets, incentives≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Success factorsProblemsSolutionsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only the Green Revolution story
- No data on groundwater
Draw this
- Two columns: success vs bane
Value addition
- DataPunjab extracts about 157% of its annual groundwater recharge.CGWB Dynamic Ground Water Resources 2023
- DataProducing 1 kg of rice in Punjab takes about 3,000–5,000 litres of water.ICAR / NABARD studies
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Abhishek Singh · Page 23 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
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