On 1st August 2018, Cabinet Ministers approved the proposal for restricting of Agricultural Scientists’ Recruitment Board (ASRB). The ASRB would be delinked from Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and be attached with Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) for the purpose of autonomy, secrecy, accountability and efficient functioning, a release said.
The ASRB will be a four-body committee including one Chairperson. The budget head for ASRB may also be delinked from ICAR and be created under DARE, and the ASRB may have its own cadre of administrative staff in the secretariat and have independent administrative control. reads the release.
The four Member body comprising of one Chairperson and three Members would help in expediting the work and functioning of ASRB. It would support expediting the recruitment process which would be beneficial for the agrarian community and agriculture at large. Moreover, it will ensure more transparency and efficiency in the recruitment of meritorious scientists to various scientific positions in lCAR, the premier agency for agricultural research and education in the country.