Currently the water resources of India are under severe strain with continuously declining per capita

water availability due to its growing demand from all sectors. The per capita annual water availability in India has declined to 1,508 cubic meter at present from 5,177 cubic meter in 1951 and is estimated to decline further to 1,465 cubic meter by 2025 and 1235 cubic meter by 2050. Less water means, declined food, nutritional, health and energy security undermining livelihoods and sustainability, slowdown of economy and finally poor quality of life. Out of the total 142 million hectare of net sown area, only 48.8 per cent is currently under irrigation and rest is rainfed. Arid and semi arid areas and regions like Bundelkhand are more vulnerable to water woes and climate change related events further aggravated the problems. A critical appraisal of rainfall data of Jhansi (central place of Bundelkhand) indicated that the rainfall of the area had decreased by 319.5 mm over the period of 76 years from 1068.4 mm to 750 mm with the rate of 4.2 mm/year. Unless we act today to manage our water resources responsibly and efficiently, a catastrophe is in the waiting.

The water woes of India can be solved by adopting a multipronged strategy. Participatory integrated watershed management approach with focus on soil and water conservation, agroforestry, improved agro-techniques, forage and animal resource development and capacity building of communities especially land less, SC, ST and women is capable of sustainable enhancement of agricultural production, income, employment besides conserving natural resources and reducing migration from the region. It has successfully been demonstrated at Garhkundar-Dabar and Parasai-Sindh watershed by CAFRI and at Tejpura watershed by IGFRI, Jhansi. Similarly, revival and rejuvenation of traditional rain water harvesting structures and systems, such as Haveli Cultivation in Bundelkhand and Khadin in Rajasthan should be given high priority. Much of the tanks, reservoirs, Khadins and Havelis are either silted up or illegally occupied. Further, the climate resilient agricultural production strategies as demonstrated by IGFRI at Kadesara Kalan in Lalitpur district of Bundelkhand (UP) under National Initiatives on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) need to be promoted and up-scaled. The high water use efficient agro-techniques, such as short duration drought tolerant crop varieties, inclusion of perennial components, efficient irrigation methods (micro irrigation), in-situ moisture management practices, etc should be promoted. The above activities should be supported by appropriate government programmes and policies. The water management practices both on public and private land need huge support in the form of subsidies and investment. Moreover, the water conservation programmes needs to be converted into mass movements by creating awareness. Above all, the message needs to be percolated that "water is not free" and this is the most precious gift of nature.

Vijay Kumar Yadav

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NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTERNEWSLETTERVol. 25 No. (1, 2, 3) ISSN 0973-7960 January-September, 2019

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The National Group Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops and Utilization was held on 30-31st August, 2019 at Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur was attended by participants from ICAR, IGFRI, SAUs, CAUs, NGOs, VPKAS, NBPGR, DADH, ICRISAT, Universities, Private companies, state government departments, farmers, livestock keepers, dairy owners etc. The Inaugural session was chaired by Prof. M. Premjit Singh, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, CAU, Imphal where Dr. Dinesh Kumar, ADG (F&FC), ICAR was Chief Guest and Dr. V. K. Yadav, Director, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi was guest of honour.

Dr. A. K. Roy (PC) presented the brief introduction of the project, salient achievements during of last 5 years and summary of activities carried out during Rabi 2018-19 and results. He also presented the fodder and livestock scenario of all NEH states and

talked about the course of action to enhance the fodder scenario in these states.

Dr. V. K. Yadav (Director) stressed on active collaboration among various stakeholders of NEH region and informed about new initiatives being taken by IGFRI to augment the fodder resources in the country. He suggested state level coordination meeting with all stakeholders like farmers, livestock keepers, veterinarians, state government department and CAU etc. to address the issues concerning the dairy owners, livestock keepers and fodder farmers.

Dr. Dinesh Kumar, ADG highlighted the need of forage crops technologies to enhance the farmers income and increase the livestock productivity. He suggested effective dissemination of technologies and exhorted the project scientists to come out with new innovative technologies for increasing the farmer's income of. He also indicated that NEH region needs a special thinking and attention as scenario is quite different than other parts of the country in terms of food habit, animal species and climatic variability of hilly terrain.

Prof. M. Premjit Singh (Vice Chancellor) highlighted the importance of forages and animal husbandry. He discussed the issues of livestock species and informed that farmers are more inclined to piggery based on food habit and asked for ways to reduce the feed cost to make the piggery profitable. He also informed that dairies with exotic as well as improved indigenous cattle species have come up in big ways in recent years in Manipur and called upon scientists to work out suitable varieties and technologies for them.

Various publications were released during the occasion. One book by AICRP coordinating unit entitled "Indian Fodder Scenario:

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Topramezone a new generation herbicide for maize weed control Topramezone a new generation herbicide for maize weed control

Maize is one of the important fodder crops grown in the country throughout the year for fodder production. Due to its non anti-nutritional property it can be fed to the animal at any stages of its growth. It is severally affected by weeds, such as, Amaranthus viridis, Commelina benghalensis,Cynodon dactylon, Cyperus rotundus, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Digera arvensis, Digitaria sanguanalis,Echinochloa colonum, Echinochloa crusgalli, Eclipta alba, Euphorbia geniculata, Euphorbia hirta, Parthenium hysterophorus, Solanum nigrum and Trianthema portulacastrum. Weeds infestation results in huge losses (28-100 %). Few herbicides like atrazine and 2, 4-D are in use for weed control in maize from many years. Atrazine has been used as pre-emergence but its application fails to control a wide range of weeds. Many times farmers do not apply the pre-emergence herbicide due to shortage of time and engagement in other important farm operations. On the other hand, 2, 4-D as post-emergence herbicide control only broad leaf weeds. Hence, for control of a variety of weeds (broad leaves, grasses and sedges) a new generation herbicide topramezone + atrazine + mso @ 75 ml + 1 kg + 750 ml/ha (mixed in 500 litres water) were sprayed for maize (African Tall) seed production after 20 days of sowing. Topramezone application controlled the weed flora effectively and recorded the lowest weed density (5 no. /m2) and dry weight (1.63 g/m2) compared to un-weeded (89 no. /m2 and 33.47 g/m2). Moreover, to assess the efficacy of herbicide on larger scale, the herbicide was sprayed in the Seed Technology Division for breeder and truthfully labelled maize seed production and similar result were observed.

(V. K. Wasnik, H. M. Halli, Manjunatha N. and Sanjay Kumar)

Fig 1. Weedy field

Fig 2. Topramezone weed controlled field

Silvipasture systems with Ficus infectoria, Morus alba, Acacia nilotica and Madhuca latifolia in combination with Chrysopogon fulvus, Panicum maximum and Cenchrus ciliaris was evaluated. This system provides round the year fodder in which January to June fodder supply comes from trees, February to June from shrubs, July to December green fodder and March to April by grazing of grasses. Green forage production was found highest under Panicum maximum (30.25 t/ha) followed by Chrysopogon fulvus (19.00 t/ha) and Cenhrus ciliaris (11.92 t/ha) with different tree combination of silvipastoral system. Mean maximum green pruning biomass (branches + leaves) was obtained from Ficus infectoria (10.22 kg) followed by Morus alba(7.36 kg), Acacia nilotica (5.60 kg) and Madhuca latifolia (0.94 kg). Legumes species (Stylosanthes seabrana and Clitoria ternatia) population has declined and the area which was covered with the legume earlier has been now covered with grasses. Soil average available N, K and P showed improvement over the period of time. The total carbon stock was highest under Acacia nilotica followed by Ficus infectoria. Energy use efficiency was found highest in Ficus infectoria 48.67.Silvipasture system through multifaceted impact on ecosystem not only enhance livelihood options but also restore degraded lands for carbon sequestration.

Silvipasture system: An ecological tool to restore degraded land

Water requirement of grass based intercropping system in semi-arid area

Assessment of crop water requirement is essential for judicious water use. Pan coefficient along with pan evaporation data reveals climatic condition of an area. Lysimeter was installed in the field for assessing actual crop water requirement. The class A pan coefficient (Kp) has been used to convert pan evaporation (ECA) to grass-reference evapotranspiration (Eto), an important component in water management of irrigated crops. Here Cuenca (1989); Snyder (1992); Pereira et al. (1995); and FAO/56 (Allen et al., 1998) methods were used to estimate K p

values: The estimated values of K and the observed K , obtained from the p p

relationship between ET measured in a weighing lysimeter and ECA measured o

in a class A pan, respectively, were compared by regression analysis. The same routine was adopted to evaluate ETo estimates with the different K values. Five p

different models namely Snyder, Cuencha, Pereira. Orang and Allen & Pruit methods were used to calibrate the pan coefficient for Jhansi of Bundelkhand area using the meteorological data from 2005 to 2016. Pereira method performed better as it showed mean absolute error of 0.147, efficiency of model 0.85, RMSE 0.258 and agreement index of 0.863.

(Amit Kumar Singh, JB Singh, Ramesh Singh, SR Kantwa and Avijit Ghosh)

Fig. 4: Grass based intercropping system in semi-arid area

(Amit K Singh, Kamini, Avijit Ghosh, R V Kumar, A K Roy, Sunil Kumar and P Koli)(Amit K Singh, Kamini, Avijit Ghosh, R V Kumar, A K Roy, Sunil Kumar and P Koli)

Redefining State Wise Status" was also released. One Mobile App Forage Seed was released which deals with availability and marketing of forage seeds across the country. In addition to different technical sessions an interactive session, progressive farmers and livestock keepers presented their view points and raised various issues which were explained by the experts. Need for more training and demonstrations were highlighted. Varietal identification Committee under the chairmanship of Dr Dinesh Kumar, ADG eight varieties in four fodder crops, Oat(OL-1869-1,HFO-607, OL-1861), Lucerne (Alamdar 51, TNLC-15), Rye grass (PBRG-2, Palam rye grass-1) and Vicia (JVS-1) were identified for release in different zones of the country.

Derris trifoliata, A leguminous fodder for the coastal regions

Derris trifoliata is found growing in mudflats and as a mangrove associate in the coastal areas of Maharashtra. It was collected and identified during the germplasm exploration in the coastal regions. Besides it was also observed

othat the cattle were feeding on this species at Bhyte beach (16 58'73.1" N and o73 17'64.8" E), Ratnagiri district. The same species was found in the coastal

o ohabitat of Karnataka (Murudeshwar beach, 14 6'12" N and 74 29' 14" E ) and was collected and fed to the animals. Six cows and six small ruminants (sheep) were fed with Derris trifoliata. Animals readily consumed the plant, and it indicates acceptability of this fodder. The nutritive values reveal that it is an excellent source of crude protein (Table 1).

The leaves and bark extracts of Derris spp. are used as a piscicide as well as a botanical insecticide due to the presence of the active ingredient rotenone. Rotenone, an isoflavonoid group of the compound, was present in young leaves (0.15 µg/g ) and old leaves (3.8 µg/g) of Derris trifoliata. The rotenone content in young twig was 3.75 µg/g, and old twigs were 0.211 µg/g of dry sample. Rotenone content was low in young leaves and old stems and vice versa in young twigs and old leaves. However, all these values were within safe limits for ruminants (rabbits LD50 value is 600-2,000mg/kg body weight). The availability of such high crude protein containing species in coastal regions could be exploited as a local fodder resource. Besides, low rotenone content also assures qualification of Derris trifoliata as an excellent legume fodder for coastal regions.

Table 1: Nutritive value of Derris trifoliata foliage

Fig 5: Derris trifoliata collected from Ratnagiri Bhyte beach

(Edna Antony, K Sridhar and Sultan Singh)

Salt excretion through micro hairs - a new salinity tolerance mechanism in guinea grass

In an attempt to identify saline tolerant genotypes of guinea grass, an experiment was conducted on Guinea grass varieties BG-1, BG-2, DGG-1, BG-4, Co-1 and Riversdale at 0ECe, 4ECe, 8ECe and 12 ECe at SRRS Dharwad in during 2016 and 2018. During these years, DGG-1 and BG-4 recorded higher fresh biomass at 12 ECe than in any other genotypes. Hence a study was conducted to understand the different mechanism in these two varieties that propelled towards high biomass at high salt concentration. An experiment was conducted using leaves grown in control (0 ECe) conditions to check if any salt excretion mechanism through leaves existed in guinea grass genotypes. Young leaves were harvested and washed thoroughly to remove the dust and salt. These leaves were fed with 500 mM NaCl in darkness for 24 hours. Upon completion of treatment, the leaves with known leaf area were washed in double-distilled water. The EC and Na content of the leaves was estimated using conductivity meter and flame photometer, respectively. The leaves were viewed under a stereo zoom microscope for the presence of any salt excreating structures. Structures were counted in an area of 3000 µm 2 at three different locations within the same leaves

2The study revealed that Ec of the leaf wash ranged from 0.8-1.58 dS/m for every 100 cm of leaf area. DGG-1 and BG-4 had maximum EC values (Figure 1). Correspondingly, Na + content in the leaf wash was highest in DGG-1 and BG-4 (Figure 7). The number of the micro hair-like structure was also highest in DGG-1 and BG-4. The EC of the leaf wash and the number of micro hairs increased concomitantly in all the genotypes (Figure 6). There was a significant positive correlation between Ec of leaf wash and micro hairs

** +number(0.89 ). A positive correlation also existed between Na concentration and the number of micro hairs (0.69). Salt excreting micro-hairs are present in Poaceae family. Hence it can be concluded that some genotypes of guinea grass can excrete salts through micro-hairs and render tolerance to salinity (Figure 8). The Salt excreting micro-hairs can be used as a marker for selecting tolerant genotypes for breeding saline tolerant guinea grass.

Fig.6: a. Ec of the leaf wash in guinea grass genotypes fed with 500mM Nacl.

b. No. of micro hairs present in one cm

Fig.7: Na+ content of the Guinea grass genotypes fed with 500 mM Nacl

Fig. 8: Micro-hairs present on leaf surface of guinea grass as observed under Stereo zoom microscope at 15 x. Red arrows and blue arrows represent micro hairs, and saline solutions crystallised respectively.

(Edna Antony, Seva Nayak and VK Yadav)

Aonla based horti-pasture system for improving soil health and economic return under rainfed situation

Alternate land use options that strengthen resilience and diminish the vulnerability of human societies are fundamental to livelihood improvement and adaptation to climate change. The land use options should be able to potentially support livelihood improvements through simultaneous production of food, fodder and firewood as well as mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Land use systems, capable of reducing soil and water losses, restoring ecological balance, enhancing both land-use efficiency and economic returns are desirable. As per above aspect an Aonla (Emblica officinalis) based hortipasture system (Aonla + pasture (Cenchrus ciliaris + Stylosanthes seabrana) was introduced in 2007 under rainfed situation with different soil and water conservation measures (Figure 1). After 11 years, staggered trenching increased soil organic carbon by ~58 over control. It stipulated fruit and pasture yield by ~45 and 90% over control plots, respectively. Staggered trenching also improved both fodder and fruit quality. It can potentially recycle ~a) 83, 77 and 71%higher N, P and K than control in those HPSs, respectively. The input and output of the Aonla based system calculated (mean cost input for staggered contour trenches, continuous contour trenches, stone mulch, vegetative barriers and control) during the last eleven years were Rs.8722, 20476, 17951, 16989 and 16665 per ha and mean cost output for Aonla based system under staggered contour trenches, continuous contour trenches, stone mulch, vegetative barriers and control during the last ten years were Rs. 87195, 73218, 56695, 63524 and 54332 per ha, respectively. It can be suggested that adopting staggered trenching as soil and water conservation measures can ensure higher economic returns in Bundelkhand region.

(Avijit Ghosh, Amit K Singh, Sunil Kumar, R V Kumar, Kamini, Manjanagouda S S)

Initial picture Picture after 10 years

SHC scheme at ICAR-IGFRI

To create awareness among farmers of U.P. and M.P. about importance of soil health in sustaining fodder production and animal health, various initiatives has been taken and programmes were organized in ICAR-IGFRI. Institute has adopted more than 60 villages from U.P. and M.P. under MGMG scheme, Adarsh Chara Gram, IFS villages and other outreach activities to create awareness about agricultural technology and monitor the package of practices adopted by farmers. Till date, about 500 representative GPS based soil samples were collected from 65 villages of Jhansi, Datia and Tikamgarh district, following the random sampling technique. They were analysedfor fertility status and results and recommendations were printed in respective cards. Based on soil test result, Soil Health Cards were prepared in Hindi language and were distributed to respective farmers. These cards include crop-wise recommendations of nutrients and fertilisers required for the respective fields to help farmers enhance productivity through judicious use of fertilizers.

Impact assessment of Soil Health Cards

Soil Health Card acts as crucial knowledge inputs for farmers to apply required doses of fertilizer. Many farmers understand the effectiveness of SHC and apply fertilizers as per recommendation given in the card. Both large as well as small farmers were benefited more from SHC by reducing input cost. They reported improvement in farm productivity, soil health and decision making on crop selection. About 85-90% farmers had expressed that SHC made them aware about soil health and helped them reduce fertilizer use which ultimately led to decrease in cost of cultivation.

(Manoj Chaudhary, Sunil Kumar, Mahendra Prasad and R. Srinivasan)

Success StoryRole of Soil Health Card to Forage Growers of Bundelkhand

Fig. 10: Soil sampling from farmer's field

Fig. 11: Distribution of Soil Health Card to farmers

Fig. 12: Kishan Gosthi and World Soil Day celebration

Children Biodiversity congress- 2019 (CBC-2019) was organized on 22nd August 2019 at ICAR- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research institute, Jhansi. The main aim of the program was to bring the understanding of the concept of Biodiversity among the school going children. The program was attended by approximately 300 students from 16 schools of Jhansi city. There were four academic competitions held in three different levels, viz. Junior (Class VI-VIII), Medium (Class XI-X) and Senior (Class XI-XII). The competitions were Essay on 'Biodiversity for hunger free society', Quiz on 'Biodiversity', Poster presentation on 'Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture' and Oral presentation on 'Biodiversity for Sustainable Development'. In essay competition, a total of 58 participants submitted their write up in three levels.

In quiz, 9 teams participated in junior level, 11 teams in medium level and 8 teams in senior level. Each team was represented by two students of same school. There were 54 posters displayed during the event in three categories. In oral presentations, there were 46 presentations by students.

After the registration, the students were taken to Technology Demonstration Block for exposure to various fodder crops. They were accompanied by their teachers and a subject expert. They had also visited Dairy Unit to witness the livestock related activities. The students were curious to know about various fodder crops and various other technologies developed at the Institute.

In the inaugural session, Shri Shiv Sahay Awasthi, District Magistrate, Jhansi was the Chief Guest and Dr. Veena Gupta, Head, Germplasm Division, NBPGR, New Delhi was the Guest of Honour. The Organizing Secretary, Dr. Manoj Kumar Srivastava welcomed all the participants and dignitaries. Dr. Vijay Kumar Yadav, Director IGFRI gave the overview of the program and importance of Biodiversity conservation. The chief guest in his remark appreciated the efforts and blessed the organizers for successful organization of the event. He had visited the poster session and appreciated the efforts of participants.

In the keynote address, Dr. Veena Gupta presented the overall diversity of crops, animals and microbes in the environment. She emphasized on importance of conservation for providing nutrition and food security for increasing world population. In the evening an inter school cultural program competition was held. Capt. Vikas Gupta, Chairman, UP Council for Agricultural Research was the Chief Guest of the function. Seven schools performed their presentations, in form of Group dance, play and musical drama.

The winners of all the competition were awarded and certificates were presented to them. The program ended with the vote of thanks to all the participants and organizing committee.

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First report of new invasive insect Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) in Bundelkhand region

First report of new invasive insect Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) in Bundelkhand region

First report of new invasive insect Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) in Bundelkhand region

First report of new invasive insect Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) in Bundelkhand region

First report of new invasive insect Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) in Bundelkhand region

FAW a highly polyphagous pest is reported first time in maize fields, College of Agriculture, Shivamogga, Karnataka (Sharanabasappa et al., 2018) and within no time it is reported in 13 other Indian states. We observed the occurrence of invasive insect pest Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on crops like fodder maize variety, African tall and fodder sorghum variety, M P Chari in Bundelkhand region in Kharif season- 2019. The caterpillar known to feed on wide range of host plants ranging nearly 350 host plants belonging to 76 plant families and more than hundred of them belonging to family Poaceae.

The adult moth lays egg in group which is covered by protective scale (Fig. 13a). Most of the time oviposition noticed on upper surface of leaves, sometimes noticed on lower surface as well as on stem. The incubation period lasts for 2-3 days. During initial stages the larvae feed gregariously to skeletonize the leaf lamina resulted in typical window pane damage (Fig. 15a). Later the larvae moves between the leaf and feeds on leaf whorl with saw dust like excretory pellets (Fig. 15b). Maximum of 2 to 3 larvae will remains in the single plant, remaining moves to neighbor plant and causes extensive damage. Larvae feeding on tassel, silk and cob (Fig. 15c) were also noticed on mature plants. Later instar larvae consume relatively higher quantity of leaves resulting in ragged appearance. Total larval duration vary from 14-20 days. Pupation noticed in soil, sometimes within the whorl. Pupal duration was about 9-12 days.

The identification of FAW was based on morphological characters. It was identified by presence of inverted Y shaped mark (Figure 16b) in the head region and also presence of four black spots on 8th abdominal segment (Figure 16a), which are bigger in size and arranged in square pattern. However in other abdominal segments, four spots arranged in trapezoidal fashion. Adults (Fig.14) of fall armyworm active during evening hours and hide inside leaf whorl during daytime.

Fig. 13a. Egg mass 13b. Final instar larvae 13c. Pupae

Fig. 14a. Adult Male Fig. 14b. Adult Female

Fig.15: Symptoms (a) Window pane leaves excreta

(b). Ragged whorl (c). Cob damage with

Fig. 16 (a) Four spots arranged in square fashion on 8th abdominal segment

Fig. 16 (b) Inverted Y line on head

(Keerthi MC. Mahesha HS. Bhargavi HA Manjunatha N. Venkatesh YN. Vinod Kumar Wasnik and Shahid Ahmed)

Glimpses of IGFRI Activities Health Camp organized on Feb. 11, 2019

International Yoga Day organized on June 21, 2019

Tribute to Martyrs of Pulwama

National Science Day on Feb. 26, 2019

PMC Visit on March 05, 2019

Glimpses of IGFRI Activities Farmers First Programme on Aug. 13-14, 2019

Independence Day Programme on Aug. 15,, 2019

Visit of Captain Vikas Gupta, Chairmam, UPCAR on Aug. 22, 2019

Visit of Dr. Vallabh Bhai Kathiria, Chairman, National Kamdhenu Commission, Govt. of India on Aug. 19, 2019

Hindi Saptah organized during Sept. 14-22, 2019

Action Plan for Enhancing Fodder and Fodder Seed Production for UP, Bihar and Jharkhand on June 18, 2019

Training on Seed processing for skill enhancement from Feb. 18 - March 22, 2019

Visit of Hon'ble Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR

Training for Veterinary Officer on Forage Production Conservation & Utilization from Sept. 02-06, 2019

Glimpses of IGFRI Activities

NAME DATE

Bhagwan Das 31.01.2019Ram Ashre 31.01.2019Liyakat Ali 28.02.2019Bhaiya Lal 28.02.2019Ram Sewak 31.03.2019Ganga Ram 31.03.2019Hari Ram 31.03.2019Maya Das 30.04.2019Fosha 30.04.2019Gokul 31.05.2019Radhe Lal 30.06.2019Parmeshwari 30.06.2019Jardan Singh 31.07.2019Shri Matadeen 31.07.2019Shri Shyamlal 31.08.2019

Retirements

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(Technical Staff)

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R.K.Verma 31.01.2019S.K.S. Bhaduria 30.04.2019L.N. Singh 30.04.2019Shiv Hari 30.04.2019Laxman 30.04.2019Vipin Kumar Verma 30.04.2019J.L. Singh 31.07.2019

(Administrative Staff)

(Scientific Staff)

Joining

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Bharat singh 09.07.2019

Brij bihari 20.08.2019

Jitendra kushwaha 09.07.2019

Monu Ahirwar 01.06.2019

Priyanka Prajapati 10.07.2019

Prashant saxena 15.07.2019

Priyanka Gautam 17.08.2019

Renu Shah 16.05.2019

Sanjana yadav 09.08.2019

Vijay Kumar 15.07.2019

Yash Kapoor 17.07.2019

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Dr. Anup Kumar 15.04.2019

Sh. Brijesh Kumar Mehta 15.04.2019

Ms. Prichita priyadar Shini 15.04.2019

Ms. Probha Singh 15.04.2019

Sh. Shashi Kumar P. 15.04.2019

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Dr K K Dwivedi Rs. 37400-67000+ RGP Rs. 10000.00 w.e.f. 03.06.2017

Dr. Prabhu Govindasamy Level -11 (7th CPC) in Pay Metrix (PB 15600-39100 31.03.2019+ RGP Rs. 7000.00 w.e.f. 15.09.2016

Er. Akram Ahmed Level -11 (7th CPC) in Pay Metrix (PB 15600-39100 31.03.2019+ RGP Rs. 7000.00 w.e.f. 01.01.2018

19.01.2019

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Sh. Swami Sunil Ramling 05.07.2019 21.09.2019Dr. Kamini 05.07.2019 21.09.2019

Sh. Neeraj Kumar 05.07.2019 21.09.2019

Dr. Hanumant M. Halli 05.07.2019 21.09.2019

Sh. Hari Singh Meena 05.07.2019 21.09.2019

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Promotions

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Name Category DaterdSh. Vijay Kumar Paliwal III MACP 23.06.2019 03.09.2019rdSh. Raju III MACP 16.03.2019 03.09.2019rdSh. Ashiq Ali III MACP 24.04.2019 03.09.2019

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Gopal 26.08.2019Munna 22.08.2019

Narayan 22.08.2019

Lallu 22.08.2019

Rakesh 22.08.2019

Govind Das 22.08.2019

Naval Kishore 22.08.2019

Mangal 22.08.2019

Mata Din 22.08.2019

Hari Ram 22.08.2019

Kishan Chandra 22.08.2019

Raghuvir 22.08.2019

Har Das 22.08.2019

Thakur Das 22.08.2019

Viran 22.08.2019

Vishwanath 22.08.2019

Ghanshyam 22.08.2019

Govind Das 22.08.2019

Babu Lal 22.08.2019

Ayodhya Prasad 22.08.2019

Kallu 22.08.2019

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Happy New Year 2020Happy New Year 2020

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Punnu 22.08.2019

Bhagwan Das 24.01.2019

Ram Ashre 24.01.2019

Liyakat Ali 24.01.2019

Bhaiya Lal 24.01.2019

Ram Sewak 24.01.2019

Ganga Ram 24.01.2019

Hariram 24.01.2019

Maya Das 24.01.2019

Fosha 24.01.2019

Gokul 24.01.2019

Radhe Lal 24.01.2019

Parmeshwari 24.01.2019

Matadeen 24.01.2019

Jardan Singh 24.01.2019

Awdhesh 06.04.2019

Ram Swaroop 06.04.2019

Shyam Lal 06.04.2019

Jagdish 06.04.2019

Prakash Prasad 06.04.2019

Pritam 06.04.2019

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As new year is approaching, I want to take this an opportunity to extend heartful thanks to all our mentors, ICAR authorities, farmers, stakeholders for their continuous support and appreciate for your valuable contribution in our accomplishments and achievements of year 2019.

Last year has been a great year as far as achieving our targets are concerned. I thank to all members of the team of ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi for your support and dedication and for the extra hours that you worked to achieve the goal and completed our project.

Vijay Kumay Yadav, Director

May the choicest blessings of Almighty God always bring peace and prosperity for you and your family.

Happy New Year 2020