♦ Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the 96th Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Foundation and Technology Day 2024 in New Delhi on 16 July 2024. ICAR is an autonomous body established on 16th July 1929. 

♦ On this occasion Shivraj Singh launched the ‘One Scientist-One Product’ programme to improve research in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry.