ICAR Constitutes Special Task Force to Strategize Agricultural Resilience Amid Global Geopolitical Shifts

• High-level Special Task Force (STF) constituted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to insulate Indian agriculture from global geopolitical disruptions to food, fertiliser, seed and energy supply chains.
• Chaired by the Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) and Director General, ICAR — currently Dr. Mangi Lal Jat.
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (food security, agriculture, supply chains), GS-II (governance of statutory research bodies), and Prelims (institutional facts on ICAR/DARE, MGMG scheme).