Lok Sabha Question No. 2381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Setting up of Agriculture Technology Information Centre
Ministry: AGRICULTURE
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

**O.I.H.**

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

#### 1 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

**LOK SABHA**

#### 2 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2381

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04/08/2015

**SETTING UP OF AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY**

**INFORMATION CENTRE**

2381.	DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE **d`f"k ea=h**

be pleased to state:

(a)	whether the Government has set up Agriculture Technology Information Centre in the country;

(b)	if so, the details thereof, location and State-wise including Chhattisgarh; and

(c) 	the details of the expenditure made for this purpose during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

**A N S W E R**

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MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

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**(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)**

**(a) & (b):** The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had set up 44 Agricultural Technology Information Centres (ATICs) as a part of Innovations in Technology Dissemination (ITD) component of National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP), which was funded by World Bank. These 44 ATICs were set up at technology generating institutions including 28 State Agricultural Universities and 16 ICAR Research Institutes. The location and State-wise details of ATICs including Chhattisgarh are given in the **Annexure.**

(c)	Since the termination of NATP funding in 2003-04, the ICAR has not provided any financial assistance to these ATICs.

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**Annexure-I**

**[Part** **(a) & (b)** **of Lok Sabha USQ No.2381 for 04/08/2015]**

**Location and State-wise details of Agriculture Technology Information Centres(ATICs) including Chhattisgarh.**

|   **S. No** | **State/ UT**                   |   **Number of ATICs** | **Location of ATICs**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|-------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          1. | **Andaman and Nicobar Islands** |                     1 | 1. Central Agricultural Research Institute, Portblair.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|          2. | **Andhra Pradesh**              |                     1 | 1. Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|          3. | **Assam**                       |                     1 | 1. Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|          4. | **Bihar**                       |                     1 | 1Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|          5. | **Chhattisgarh**                |                     1 | 1. Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|          6. | **Delhi**                       |                     1 | 1. Indian Agricultural Research Institute IARI, New Delhi.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|          7. | **Gujarat**                     |                     1 | 1. Saradarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Dantiwada, Gujarat.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|          8. | **Haryana**                     |                     2 | 1. National Dairy Research Institute NDRI, Karnal.  2. Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|          9. | **Himachal Pradesh**            |                     3 | 1. Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla (HP).  2. Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture &   Foreatery, Nauni, Solan.  3. CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvadyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.                                                                                                |
|          10 | **Jammu and Kashmir**           |                     1 | 1.Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science & Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar ,J&K.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|          11 | **Jharkhand**                   |                     1 | 1. Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|          12 | **Karnataka**                   |                     3 | 1. Indian Institute Horticulture Research, Bangalore.  2. University of Agricultrual Sciences, Dharwad  3.. University of Agriculture Sciences,  Bangaluru                                                                                                                                                             |
|          13 | **Kerala**                      |                     5 | 1. Central Institute on Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala.  2. Indian Institute Spices Research, Calicut, Kerala.  3. Central Plantation Crops Research Institutes, Kassaragod, Kerala.  4. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute , Ernakulum (Kerala),  5. Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala. |
|          14 | **Madhya Pradesh**              |                     2 | 1.Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering , Bhopal,  2. Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya,  Jabalpur                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|          15 | **Maharashtra**                 |                     5 | 1. Central Institutes for Cotton Research, Nagpur.  2. Punjab Rao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola.  3. Dr. Bala Sahab Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri.  4. Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri.  5. Marathwada Agricultural University, Prabhani.                                             |

**………2/-**

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| **S. No**   | **State/ UT**     | **Number of ATICs**   | **Location of ATICs**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 16          | **Meghalaya**     | 1                     | 1. ICAR, Research Complex for North East Hill Region, Barapani, Meghalaya.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 17          | **Odisha**        | 2                     | 1. Central Institute on Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar.  2. Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 18          | **Punjab**        | 1                     | 1. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 19          | **Rajasthan**     | 3                     | 1. Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology and Technology Udaipur, Rajasthan.  2. Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Rajasthan.  3. Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.                                                                                               |
| 20          | **Tamil Nadu**    | 2                     | 1. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.  2. Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Science University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 21          | **Uttar Pradesh** | 4                     | 1. Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.  2. Indian Veterinary Research Institute IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh  3. Narendara Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.  4. Chandra Shekar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 22          | **Uttarakhand**   | 1                     | 1. Govind Ballabh Panth University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 23          | **West Bengal**   | 1                     | 1. Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|             | **TOTAL**         | **44**                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

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