Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board - ASRB

The Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) was established with the approval of the Cabinet on 1 November 1973 as an independent recruitment agency in pursuance of the recommendations of the Gajendragadkar Committee. The Government of India has approved the restructuring Board as per their decision in the meeting of the Union Cabinet held on 1 August 2018 and issued vide Notification No. 25/CM/2018(i) dated 06.08.2018; Case No.213/25/2018 (Item-7). The decision has been formally notified in the GOI Gazette on 9 August 2018. Consequently, ASRB has been delinked from ICAR and attached to the Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India. Further, the revamped Boards shall have their own Cadre of administrative staff in the secretariat and have independent administrative control of the said Cadre. A separate budget head for ASRB has been created in DARE.