Deepening crises in agriculture and food scenario prompted the British Empire to constitute the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India in 1926. On its recommendations, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research was born as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. Date of birth: 16 July 1929.
THE COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS
- Organization. The commission recommend that the Governor of India should establish an Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. This is to consist of 39 members, and to include:
a) whole-time members including the Chairman, appointed by the Government of India. An account of the function, etc., of these members is given in the following sub-paragraph.
b) 36 other members, viz. the Director of the Research Institute at Pusa; the Director of the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Mukteshwar.., and five other members, nominated by the Government of India, on the recommendation of the Council by reason of their scientific knowledge or other special qualifications. - Finance. The Commission consider that the Council should be placed in a secure financial position, and propose that an Agricultural Research Fund should be constituted for the purpose by a grant of Rs 50 lakhs from Central Revenues to which additions should be made from time to time as financial conditions permit.