The various colors of the Rainbow Revolution indicate various farm practices such as Green Revolution (Foodgrains), White Revolution (Milk), Yellow Revolution (Oilseeds), Blue Revolution (Fisheries); Golden Revolution (Fruits); Silver Revolution (Eggs), Round Revolution (Potato), Pink Revolution (Meat), Grey Revolution (Fertilizers) and so on.
Thus, the concept of the Rainbow revolution is an integrated development of crop cultivation, horticulture, forestry, fishery, poultry, animal husbandry, and food processing industry.
The agricultural policy of 2000 envisaged the holistic development of Indian agriculture and aimed to achieve through the Rainbow revolution.
Economic survey 2015-16 observed, “Indian agriculture is in a way, a victim of its own pas success, especially the Green revolution”.
It suggested an Integral development program to make the agricultural sustainability and Rainbow revolution as a concept was developed eventually.