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New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday directed the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to immediately fill up vacant positions, which will improve farm education.

Addressing the National Agricultural Students’ Conference here, the union agriculture minister said he would write to state chief ministers and discuss the issue with the agriculture ministers.

“The future of agricultural students should not be compromised at any cost," a ministry statement said quoting Chouhan.

A 2025 parliamentary committee report showed ICAR faces a significant shortage of sanctioned personnel across its institutes and universities, with 3,550 posts unfilled as of March 31, 2025. Most vacancies are in scientific, technical and administrati

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