Department of Agricultural Research and Education

The Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) was established in the Ministry of Agriculture in December, 1973.

The Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) coordinates and promotes agricultural research & education in the country. DARE provides the necessary government linkages for the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the premier research organisation for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 99 ICAR institutes and 65 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural research systems in the world.

For more information, please visit dare.gov.in