Abstract
This paper examines the impact of the green revolution on selected dimensions of income distribution in India, by reviewing the Indian empirical evidence. (i) The Indian empirical studies suggest a wide diffusion of modern varieties (MVs) among farmers, over time, irrespective of farm size and tenurial status. But the pace of diffusion of MVs of a given crop among farms, across the regions and over the years has certainly revealed a tendency to be interlinked with the nature and level of their (regions) development in physical and institutional infrastructure. (ii) Through prospects of increased demand for labour, the green revolution has undoubtedly exerted a favourable impact on the absolute income status of the landless labourer, notwithstanding the fact that the owners of land and capital have gained relatively more than the labourers in the increased production due to MVs. (iii) The impact of MVs on regional income differences has been one of increasing the gap mainly due to an interplay between differentials in levels of physical and infrastructural development of regions and product- location-specificity characteristics of MVs.
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