The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) marked its 98th Foundation Day on Thursday in New Delhi. Addressing the event, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled a roadmap for ‘Viksit Krishi and Samruddh Kisan’ as a core pillar of Viksit Bharat 2047.
Chouhan announced several key targets: setting up 100 Climate Smart Villages, extending ICAR technologies to 100 million farmers, launching ‘One Institute-One Grand Innovation’, creating an ICAR Open Digital Knowledge Platform, tightening laws against fake seeds and pesticides, and making ICAR financially self-reliant through innovation and tech commercialization.
