Show cause notice to the Director of the ICAR National Grape Research Institute, Pune; Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes a tough stand on the laxity poll

India, May 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

As Chairman of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Union Minister of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, held a high-level meeting with senior officials, including the Director General of ICAR, in Delhi today to set clear and strict guidelines regarding the functioning, accountability, quality and farmer-oriented results of the institutes. He said that ICAR institutes are the pivot of the country's agricultural progress, hence excellence, vision, accountability and results are essential in their functioning.

At the beginning of the meeting, Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed his serious di...