The provision of private-public participation (PPP) in research at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) should be withdrawn, said the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
“ICAR has announced that it would conduct research in partnership with private agencies even when senior scientists of the organisation are engaged in research work for years, which has benefited farmers. With such a proposal, the scientists who have been working for a long time with the government, are feeling uncomfortable, insecure and helpless,” said the BKS.
The right-wing farmer organisation said that with the PPP provision, all research will go to big corporate houses. They will work in favour of industries and not poor farmers, it said.
