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Green Revolution in India can be exclusively called Wheat Revolution. Green Revolution increased production thus bringing prosperity to the farmers. The increased production within the country made the country self sufficient and self reliant in food grains. This led to a considerable decrease in the quantity of import. In fact, now many a times we are in a position to export. However as a matter of fact, the richer farmers got the maximum benefits which encouraged capitalistic farming. Green Revolution increased their level of income and also their profits. With the use of mechanized and scientific methods in farming, industries too sprang up. Even though Green Revolution turned out to be a unique event in the history of Independent India by resolving the problems of hunger, famine and starvation, yet it has had certain demerits. Green Revolution has greatly profited the rich farmers but has failed to profit the smaller ones. Rather the income gap between t he rich, marginal and small farmers has increased. Moreover, not all parts of the country were benefited. Even all the crops could not reap the benefits of Green Revolution except rice and wheat. This inter crop disbalance has reduced Green Revolution to only Wheat Revolution in India and to rice in some parts. The regional disparities have given rise to imbalance in population settlement. Moreover, the revolution took of with a great start but it could not sustain its growth rate and productivity rate over the years. Hence, in order to do away with the ill effects of Green Revolution we need to widen the cultivated area, include maximum variety of crops, use effective irrigation and increase the intensity of cropping. We also need to find ways to benefit our small and marginal farmers, then only the Green Revolution can spread truly to all parts of the country.