RAS question
The Blue Revolution in India is associated with:
Correct answer: (C) Fisheries and aquaculture.
The Blue Revolution in India is associated with fisheries and aquaculture, not with oilseeds, poultry or milk production.
Explanation
The Blue Revolution refers to the rapid growth of fisheries and aquaculture in India. It began in the 1980s-90s, when the aim was to raise fish production; India is now the world's second-largest fish producer after China. The Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying records the same core association: the Government of India implemented the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on "Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries" from 2015-16 to 2019-20, focused mainly on increasing fisheries production and productivity in inland and marine sectors. So, in an exam question about colour revolutions, Blue Revolution maps to fisheries and aquaculture.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Oilseeds are linked with the Yellow Revolution, so they do not match the fisheries focus of the Blue Revolution.
- (B) Poultry is associated with the Silver Revolution, whereas the Blue Revolution concerns fisheries and aquaculture.
- (D) Milk production belongs to the White Revolution, not to the Blue Revolution's fish-production focus.
Concept
This tests the standard Geography of India theme of agricultural and allied-sector revolutions. It recurs in RAS because colour-revolution questions check whether candidates can connect sectors such as fisheries, milk, oilseeds and poultry with the correct development programmes.