Fig. 3

The per capita net availability of food grains in India since 1951 [1, 74]. The per capita net availability of food stands for the availability of amount (kg) of food per person per year in the nation. Figure 3 indicates an increase in the availability of rice and wheat per person and a decrease in the availability of pulses and millets per person after the Green Revolution. The decrease in the availability of millets and pulses per person is mainly due to the focus given to the production of rice and wheat alone during the Green Revolution. Although pulses did not lose the importance among the consumers like millets, per capita availability decreased from 22.1 kg/year in 1951 to 19.9 kg/year in 2017