Role of Agriculture Scientists is Vital in Farmers’ Welfare and Country’s Progress: Minister

New Delhi: Laying the foundation stone for the new office building of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) at the Pusa Campus in New Delhi today, Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar said that the revamped ASRB shall play a greater role in ensuring availability of capable and qualified Agriculture Scientists through a transparent and streamlined process.


The Minister added that Agriculture is important to the country and Government's aim is for the betterment of agricultural economy by ensuring increase in agricultural production, farmers' income and agricultural exports. This aim requires hard working farmers, proper training of farmers, availability of high quality seeds, better equipments, awareness of farmers for judicious use of fertilizers etc.


But along with all these, the valuable contribution by the agricultural scientist is also significant in fulfilling this aim.  To ensure this aim ASRB has its important role in providing ample, able, qualified agriculture scientists at proper time ensuring their proper recruitment process and promotion.



Mr. Tomar said that Government's understanding of the importance of ASRB has given an autonomous status to it through Union Cabinet decision under the able leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in August 2018. This brought in reorganization with updated recruitment rules and streamlined selection process of Scientists ensuring seamless intake of Scientists to various institutes across the country.


In its 45 years after inception, the recruitment process of ASRB has been modified several times as and when required, intake has been increased , administrative changes has been made showing the importance given by Government to agricultural research. In order to ensure the transparency and quality of the selection process the Minister asked the officials not to hold back in utilizing necessary requirements like modern technology if required.  This shall ensure a better recruitment process which will further improve the research and pave the way for improvement of farming sector making a prosperous and strong nation.