Agricultural Research Service (ICAR, India)
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| Abbreviation | A.R.S. | ||||||||||
| Formed | 1 November 1973 | ||||||||||
| Country |
 India
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| Training Ground | National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad | ||||||||||
| Controlling Authority | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare (India), Department of Agriculture Research and Education | ||||||||||
| Legal personality | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ICAR | ||||||||||
| General nature | Research Project Formulation Research Management Extension and Training Education |
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| Head of the Agricultural Research Services | |||||||||||
| Secretary, Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture (India) and Director General, ICAR Current: Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra |
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Agriculture Research Services (Hindi: कृषि अनुसंधान सेवा) abbreviated as ARS is the research services of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), organization under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
The Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) conducts all India competitive examination for ARS examination, to recruit entry level posts in the Agricultural Research Services of ICAR. The ASRB in pursuation of the Gajendragadkar Report on ICAR, 1972 was established on 1 November 1973.
The basic purpose of the service is to set a cutting edge model of education, perform research for its application in agriculture, agro forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, home science and allied sciences. The agricultural research services has been playing a major role in make the country self-reliant as far as production of food grains, horticultural crops, milk, meat, fish and eggs are concerned and the role of the services goes further scathing and challenging owing to widening demand of the country growing at a decadal growth rate of 17.2 percent.
The ARS examination conducted by the ASRB consists of three stages viz., Prelims, Mains and Interview. The prelims stage is the qualifying examination and all those candidates who desire to appear for the ARS examination have to appear for both prelims and mains examination. Total exam is of 300 marks of which mains exam is of 240 marks and interview is of 60 marks. The ARS examination is the initial port of entry into the services of ICAR and the new entrants are imparted foundation training called as FOCARS (Foundation Course for Agricultural Research Services) at the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management,Hyderabad. Currently it's 106th batch of FOCARS under training( July-Oct 2017). (NAARM).
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