(a) whether the Government has given any affiliation to private universities to run agriculture courses in Gujarat;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the action taken on those universities and colleges which are running agriculture and food processing courses in Gujarat?
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
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(a) to (c) Central Government does not give affiliation to any university to run agricultural courses.
The Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) provides only ‘Accreditation’ to University /Institution/ organization or faculty/ college/ school of agriculture of the institution or any course/ programme/ degree offered by such institutions in agriculture and allied subject for quality assurance in higher agricultural education once first batch students of programme are passed out from the university/ institution/ college.
The accreditation provided by DARE is a voluntary process and an institution/ programme can be accredited by more than one agency.
No accreditation has been provided by DARE to any private university running agriculture and food processing courses in Gujarat.
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