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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-05122025-268266
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 358]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1947
7908 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)
(HORTICULTURE TECHNICAL DIVISION)
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 1st June, 2025
F. No. 11/4/2025-Hort.,Tech.II Part (I)—The National Committee on use of Plastics in
Agriculture (NCPAH) which was originally constituted in the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
in 1981 has been functioning in the Department of Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare since 1993. It was
reconstituted in 1996. In order to make this committee more effective and to bring an endeavour in a
coordinated manner for promoting the applications in Horticulture, NCPAH was reconstituted in 2001 as
National Committee on Plasticulture Applications in Horticulture (NCPAH). Thereafter, NCPAH was
constituted on 01.06.2019 for a period of three years. In 2020, the name of the committee was changed as
National Committee on Precision Agriculture & Horticulture (NCPAH). The committee was reconstituted
on 01.06.2022 as National Committee on Precision Agriculture & Horticulture (NCPAH) (hereinafter
referred as the Committee) under the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
Now it has been decided to reconstitute the committee as per following Terms of Reference (ToR)
and composition:
A. Composition:
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| 1. | Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister | - Chairman |
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| 2. | Secretary, DA&FW | - Member |
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| 3. | Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR) | - do - |
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| 4. | Dy. Director General (Hort), ICAR | - do - |
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| 5. | Financial Advisor, DA&FW | - do - |
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| 6. | Principal Advisor (Agri.), Niti Aayog | - do - |
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| 7. | Joint Secretary (MIDH), DA&FW | - do - |
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| 8. | Joint Secretary (RFS), DA&FW | - do - |
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| 9. | Additional Commissioner (Hort.), DA&FW | - do - |
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| | Representatives of four State Governments | |
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| 10.| Principal Secretary (Agri./Hort.), Govt. of Tamil Nadu | Member |
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| 11.| Principal Secretary (Agri./Hort.), Govt. of Gujarat | - do - |
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| 12.| Principal Secretary (Agri./Hort.), Ladakh (U.T.) | - do - |
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| 13.| Principal Secretary (Agri./Hort.) Assam | - do - |
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| | Member Secretary | |
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| 14.| Horticulture Commissioner, DA&FW | Member Secretary |
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Terms of Reference
I. To develop smart/ future farming model such as Vertical farming, Hydroponics/ Aeroponics, Solar
powered Integrated Micro Irrigation System, Automation and Sensor based technologies, Artificial
Intelligence etc. in agriculture & horticulture and coordinate with product/ component
manufacturers/ processors for developing quality standards on products w.r.t precision farming,
Developing technology with reduce system cost.
II. To develop site-specific advisories w.r.t water savings, fertilizer savings, wastewater management,
recycling of plastics used in Agri. Sector through dedicated web-portal and to provide technical
consultation, feedback on real time basis.
III. To suggest ways and means for promotion of Precision Agriculture & Horticulture in the country
and revalidate the cutting-edge technologies w.r.t precision farming practices by dovetailing with
International Institutions, Plastic engineering organizations and supporting Government agencies.
IV. To encourage, identify and conduct applied research, demonstrations, extension & dissemination of
user-friendly weather/ crop based agro-climatically differentiated technologies among end users in
the field of precision farming, wastewater management and plastic engineering through Precision
Farming Development Centre located in different parts of the country.
V. To conduct Impact Evaluation Studies and Agricultural Events on Precision agriculture with a view
to collect & consolidate data on plastic engineering applications including agro-textiles by end
users across the country for policy measures.
The term of NCPAH will be for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Resolution. The
non- official members shall hold office during the pleasure of the Chairman. The committee shall meet as
often as necessary but at least once in a year. The committee shall submit the report to the Government on
annual basis.
The secretarial assistance required for the committee will be provided by Horticulture Technical
Division and Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) Division of Department of
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. The Member Secretary will oversee the day-to-day activities and function
as Chief Executive on the body.
The corresponding expenditure in respect of ex-officio member will be borne by their respective
Departments.
Dr. PRABHAT KUMAR, Horticulture Commissioner
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