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| 20th century || By the early century, 3 out of 4 Indians are employed in agriculture, famines were common, and food consumption per capita tends toward decline.<ref name=am1970>Maddison, A. (1970), ''The historical origins of Indian poverty'', PSL Quarterly Review, 23(92), pp. 31-81.</ref> In the 1950s, prime minister {{w|Jawaharlal Nehru}} embarks on a policy of state-led industrialization podeled partly by the {{w|Soviet}}s.<ref name="Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture"/> The {{w|Green Revolution}} in the 1960s leads to increased production of staple food crops like {{w|rice}} and {{w|wheat}}, which reduces hunger and boosts incomes and overall economic growth.<ref name="The evolution of nutrition policies: Evidence from India">{{cite web |title=The evolution of nutrition policies: Evidence from India |url=http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/evolution-nutrition-policies-evidence-india |website=foodsecurityportal.org |accessdate=10 July 2019}}</ref> Rapid growth in farm productivity enables India to become self-sufficient by the 1970s.<ref name="How Agriculture 2.0 will transform India?"/> Also, the ‘White Revolution’ by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) makes milk and other dairy products more easily and widely accessible. The usage of {{w|ghee}}, {{w|butter}}, {{w|paneer}}, and {{w|cheese}} enhance the diet of Indians, especially in the urban areas thus pushing up the averages for the national daily intake of dairy and animal product.<ref name="50 Years of Food in India"/> In the 1980s India manages to get along with very few food imports because of the growth in food-grain production and the development of a large buffer stock against potential agricultural shortfalls, all this despite three years of meager rainfall and a drought in the middle of the decade.<ref name="agriculture">{{cite web |title=Agriculture |url=http://countrystudies.us/india/102.htm |website=countrystudies.us |accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> By the early 1990s, India becomes self-sufficient in food-grain production.<ref name="agriculture"/>

| 500 BC || Food || Production || Indian farmers discover and begin farming many spices and {{w|sugarcane}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farming in India |url=https://www.toppr.com/guides/geography/agriculture/farming-in-india/ |website=toppr.com |accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref>

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| 900 AD || Food || Production || Lemons and purple carrots are introduced in India from {{w|Central Asia}}.<ref name="Indian food history – spices and sugar in ancient India"/>

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| 1820s || Food || Production || The {{w|British East India Company}} begins large-scale production of tea in {{w|Assam}}, of a tea variety traditionally brewed by the {{w|Singpho people}}.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The hot brew: the Assam tea industry's most turbulent decade, 1987–1997|last=Nitin Aant|first=Gokhale|publisher=Spectrum Publications|year=1998|isbn=978-81-85319-82-7|location=|pages=4}}</ref>

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| 1940s || Food || Production || The Grow More Food Campaign launches as a special program iniciative.<ref name="Economic Environment of Business and Environmental Management"/>

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| 1947 || || || India becomes an independent country.<ref name="Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture"/> Partition of the country leaves India with 82% of the total population of undivided India but only 75% of the cereal production. The surplus province of {{w|Punjab}} is partitioned and {{w|West Punjab}}, which has a well-established network of irrigation canals, goes to {{w|Pakistan}}, as well as {{w|Sindh}}, also a surplus province.<ref name="Historical perspective of food management in India">{{cite web |title=Historical perspective of food management in India |url=http://www.fao.org/3/x0172e/x0172e03.htm |website=fao.org |accessdate=10 July 2019}}</ref>

| 1948–1975 || Food || Production || The average output per hectare of an Indian wheat increases from 0.8 tons to 4.7 tons of {{w|wheat}} in the period.<ref name="How Agriculture 2.0 will transform India?"/>

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| 1950s || Food || Production || The Integrated Production Programme launches, focusing on cash crops.<ref name="Economic Environment of Business and Environmental Management">{{cite book |title=Economic Environment of Business and Environmental Management |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=hYkrQI8XGvAC&pg=SA1-PA2&lpg=SA1-PA2&dq=Integrated+Production+Programme+(1950s&source=bl&ots=yP_034KOzA&sig=ACfU3U0uN-D180gYHvdT-xDkYuKAvIQq_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQpvSikOfjAhVDK7kGHb_SACkQ6AEwFHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Integrated%20Production%20Programme%20(1950s&f=false}}</ref>

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| 1950–1951 || Food || Production || A reported 50 million tons of food grain are produced in the country.<ref name="Nutrition And Food Security">{{cite web |title=Nutrition And Food Security |url=https://in.one.un.org/un-priority-areas-in-india/nutrition-and-food-security/ |website=in.one.un.org |accessdate=10 July 2019}}</ref>

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| 1951 || Food || Production || India embarks on the path of planned economic development and launches the first Five Year Plan, giving highest priority to agriculture. In this year, the total foodgrain production is just 51 million tons.<ref name="Historical perspective of food management in India"/>

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| 1960s || Food || Production || The {{w|Green Revolution in India}} begins, as the country faces a food shortage.<ref name="Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture">{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=Guy M. |last2=Carson |first2=Doris A. |title=Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=GOfECQAAQBAJ&pg=PA245&dq=1960s++Green+Revolution+in+India&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi92Juh6-TjAhXLDrkGHQpVABMQ6AEIVDAH#v=onepage&q=1960s%20%20Green%20Revolution%20in%20India&f=false}}</ref>

| 2008 || Food || Production || India stands as the world's sixth largest producer of marine and freshwater capture fisheries and the second largest aquaculture farmed fish producer.

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| 2009 || Food || Production || India stands as the world's third largest producer of {{w|egg}}s, [[w:Orange (fruit)|oranges]], {{w|coconut}}s, {{w|tomatoe}}s, {{w|pea}}s and {{w|bean}}s.<ref name=fao2009>{{cite web|title=Country Rank in the World, by commodity|year=2011|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|url=http://faostat.fao.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=339&lang=en&country=100}}</ref>

| 2009–2010 || Food || Production || India stands first in milk production, with 112.5 million tons of milk produced in 2009-2010.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web |url=http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/Annual%20Report%202010-11%20English.pdf |title=Annual Report |access-date=2015-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721060801/http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/Annual%20Report%202010-11%20English.pdf |archive-date=2013-07-21 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

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| 2012 || Food || Production || The national production from horticulture exceeds grain output for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=India’s horticulture output at a record high, despite drought and freak rains |url=https://www.livemint.com/ |website=livemint.com |accessdate=2 August 2019}}</ref>

| 2013 || Food || Production || India becomes the second largest producer of horticultural products after China, with a total horticulture produce reaching 277.4 million metric tons.<ref name=lmhort>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/3G6kcLhA6CUfw6K3OJu8wI/Deficit-rains-spare-horticulture-record-production-expected.html Deficit rains spare horticulture, record production expected] Livemint, S Bera, Hindustan Times (January 19, 2015)</ref> During the fiscal year, the exported horticulture products worthed nearly double the value of the 2010 exports.<ref name=lmhort>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/3G6kcLhA6CUfw6K3OJu8wI/Deficit-rains-spare-horticulture-record-production-expected.html Deficit rains spare horticulture, record production expected] Livemint, S Bera, Hindustan Times (January 19, 2015)</ref>

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| 2013 || Food || Production || India stands as the world's largest dairy herd (composed of cows and buffaloes), at over 304 million strong.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web |url=http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/Annual%20Report%202010-11%20English.pdf |title=Annual Report |access-date=2015-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721060801/http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/Annual%20Report%202010-11%20English.pdf |archive-date=2013-07-21 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

| 2014–2015 || Food || Production || A reported 250 million tons of food grain are produced in the country, this time becoming a net food exporter.<ref name="Nutrition And Food Security"/>

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| 2018 || Food || Production || Indian Tea Giant Goodricke Group parent Camellia Plc becomes the world's largest private tea producer producing 103 million kgs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/goodricke-parent-camellia-becomes-the-world-s-largest-private-tea-producer-119041800035_1.html|title=Goodricke parent Camellia becomes the world's largest private tea producer|first=Ishita Ayan Dutt & Avishek|last=Rakshit|date=18 April 2019|publisher=|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

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