The Green Revolution in India refers to a period of time during the 1970s and 1980s where advances in agricultural technology, increased fertiliser use and the introduction of high-yielding varieties of grain crops resulted in a dramatic increase in grain production and substantially reduced the amount of people who were facing food insecurity in India. These significant agrarian reforms were enabled largely by the support of the Government of India, through the development and promotion of agricultural research and infrastructure, credit services, technology and extension programs. As a result, the Indian food supply was revolutionised, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the proportion of India’s population that was facing food insecurity. Furthermore, the Green Revolution aided in the almost doubling of grain output between 1966-2007 and in contributing to a general decline in poverty levels in some of the country’s poorest states.