This wheat variety called MACS 6478 and developed by Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI).
ARI is an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has doubled the crop yield for farmers in Karanjkhop, a village in Maharashtra.
PIB has covered this news.
UPSC has been asking more and more questions related to agriculture, thus such news is important for the exam point of view.