ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare , Government of India. Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi. The Council is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 101 ICAR institutes and 71 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world. The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering Green Revolution and subsequent developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development that has enabled the country to increase the production of foodgrains by 5.4 times, horticultural crops by 10.1 times, fish by 15.2 times, milk 9.7 times and eggs 48.1 times since 1951 to 2017, thus making a visible impact on the national food and nutritional security. It has played a major role in promoting excellence in higher education in agriculture. It is engaged in cutting edge areas of science and technology development and its scientists are internationally acknowledged in their fields.

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भारतीय कृ षि अनुसंधान पररिद
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2.  ICAR is an autonomous body responsible for
agricultural education and research in India.
 ICAR comes under the Department of Agricultural
Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare , Government of India.
It was established on 16 July 1929
The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi

3. The Council is the apex body for coordinating,
guiding and managing research and education in
agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and
animal sciences in the entire country.
This is one of the largest national agricultural system
in the world, With 101 ICAR institutes and 71
agricultural universities spread across the country .
 The Minister for Agriculture is the president of the
ICAR. Now Radha mohan singh is the president of the
ICAR from 2014.

4. HISTORY
ICAR formerly known as Imperial Council of
Agricultural Research
 It was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered
society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860
in pursuance of the report of the Royal
Commission on Agriculture.

5. MANDATE
Plan, Undertake,
Coordinate and
Promote Research
and Technology
Development for
Sustainable
Agriculture.
Aid, Impart and
Coordinate
Agricultural
Education to enable
Quality Human
Resource
Development.
Policy, Cooperation
and Consultancy in
Agricultural
Research, Education
& Extension.
Frontline Extension
for technology
application,
adoption,
knowledge
management and
capacity
development for
agri-based rural
development.

6. Role of ICAR
• ICAR has played a great role in Green Revolution and subsequent
developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology
development
• It has enabled the country to increase the production of food many time
1951 to 2014
 grains by 5 times,
 horticultural crops by 9.5 times,
 fish by 12.5 times ,
 milk 7.8 times
 eggs 39 times
• It has played a major role in promoting excellence in higher education in
agriculture.

7. Extension systems of ICAR to rich the Farmers , families &
rural people directly or indirectly for socioeconomic
development & Green Revolution.
National level
Ministry of Agri.
& Cooperation
ICAR
State level
Ministry of
Agriculture,
Horticulture,
Animal
Husbandry,
Sericulture, Etc.
SAUs
Commodity
Boards NGOs
Financial
Institutions to
the public
Extension system of ICAR :-

8. Extension system of ICAR :-

9. Divisions and Units
Fisheries ScienceAnimal Science
Agricultural Engineering
Natural Resource Management
Horticultural ScienceCrop Science
Agricultural Education

10. ICAR institutions
As of latest information October 2017,
ICAR has following institutions:
 4 Deemed Universities
 64 ICAR Institutions
 15 National Research Centers
 6 National Bureau
 13 Directorates/Project Directorates
 682 Krishi Vigyan Kendras

12. ICAR centers in ODISHA
A crop research center
(Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack)
 a Natural Research Management Institute
(Water Technology Center For Eastern Region, Bhubaneswar)
 a Fisheries Institute
(Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar)
 2 Project Directorates
Directorate of Water Management Research, Bhubaneswar
Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar
 33 Krishi Vigyan Kendras

13. FUNCTION
The ICAR is one of the important organization at national as well as
at international level. To plan, undertake, aid, promote and
coordinate education, research and its application in agriculture,
animal science, fisheries, agro-forestry and allied sciences.
To act as clearing house for research and general information
relating to agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery, agro-forestry,
home science and allied sciences through its publications and
information system and instituting and promoting transfer of
technology programme.
 The vast network of ICAR includes Institutes, Buros, National
Research Centers & Project Directorates.

14. Recently in 2018 postal department of India publish 2 postal stamp on occasion
25 years of ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra
100 years of Coconut research

15. Main Motto of ICAR
"Agrisearch with a
human touch"

16. Reference
 wikipidia : ICAR
 OFFICIAL SITE ICAR
INTERNET