Section 1

Short title and commencement.

The Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Act, 2016.

  • Act 32 of 2016
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  • Department of Agricultural Research and Education
About this Act

An Act to provide for the establishment and incorporation of a University by conversion of the existing Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar to Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University for the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of the advancement of learning and pursuit of research in agriculture and allied sciences and to declare it to be an institution of national importance.

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    (1) This Act may be called the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Act, 2016.
     (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Notes

1. 7th October, 2016, vide notification S.O. 3184 (E), dated 7th October, 2016, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, s. 3 (ii).
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