New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Nearly two months after the National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the CUET-UG 2025 results on July 4, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has not announced the online counselling schedule for undergraduate agriculture courses. The delay has left thousands of aspirants anxious about losing an academic year and falling behind peers who have already secured admission through state-level counselling. Teachers at agricultural universities warned that the prolonged admission process will shorten the academic calendar, reducing time for classroom teaching as well as practical exposure. ICAR officials cited "streamlining of admission mechanism" behind the delay in counselling and added that the counselling proc...