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Service Overview | |||||||||||
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Abbreviation | A.R.S. | ||||||||||
Formed | 1 November 1973 | ||||||||||
Country | India | ||||||||||
Training Ground | National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad | ||||||||||
Controlling Authority | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Department of Agriculture Research and Education | ||||||||||
Legal personality | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | ||||||||||
General nature | Research Project Formulation Research Management Extension and Training Education | ||||||||||
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Head of the Agricultural Research Services | |||||||||||
Secretary, Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture (India) and Director General, ICAR Current: Dr. Himanshu Pathak |
Agriculture Research Services (ARS) is the Natural Resource services under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR),[1] organization under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.[2]
The purpose of the service is to set a cutting edge model of education, perform research for its application in agriculture, agro forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, home science and allied sciences. The agricultural research services helps to make the country self-reliant as far in food grains, horticultural crops, milk, meat, fish and eggs.