Kushal JainAIR 40 · CSE 2021 · 160 wordsTheir whole copy
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Green revolution provided food security, growth of farm incomes to the nation accordingly to economists. But sociological understanding reflects a paradox created due to it.
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→ Green revolution functional to society:
Bullock cart capitalism: Kathleen Gough highlights the rise of capitalism in villages. Soil is breeding class as more affluency is achieved.
facilitated caste-class cooperation: requirement of labor by landed caste is high. This leads to growth of interactions and dependence on lower caste, tribals thus blurring caste based segregation.
Reduced rural-urban migration: males are not employed in the village. This leads to better socialisation of children and sustains rural family/kinship structure.
→ Dysfunctions: * Dhanagare, in his study of seed cooperatives highlights how dominant caste monopolises class (ex: banks, education) leading to further inequalities.
- Migrant workers from UP-Bihar are not related to land owners leading to worsening labor conditions.
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Green revolution further increased regional disparities and created issues like deprivation, movements and issues like naxalism.