Tag: Promoting

To promote and support research environment in country’s medical colleges and hospitals, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), an autonomous body under Department of Health Research (DHR), is supporting research activities in 119 medical colleges and hospitals. Further, Department of Health Research (DHR) has set up 92 Multi-Disciplinary Research Units (MRUs) and 118 Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) in various medical colleges. Besides this, the Department also supports competitive health research and human resource development in medical colleges/hospitals under the schemes of “Grant-in-aid” (GIA) and “Human Resource Development” (HRD). In order to enhance the ... Read more

The National Gene bank (NGB) at ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (ICAR- NBPGR), New Delhi is currently conserving more than 4.52 lakh accessions of various crops of which over 0.92 lakh accessions are of indigenous/local/traditional varieties and landraces. ICAR-NBPGR has evaluated 635 designated rice land races from Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for major nutrients. Based on farmer’s preference, local demand and nutritional value of 24 land races from Assam are identified for promotion under a trade name “Native Basket” of these marketing of four land races namely Amona Bao, Kola Joha, Boga Bet Guti, Ronga Bao is ... Read more