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Amid the JEE-NEET postponement row, students have pointed out the hypocrisy of the EduMin and NTA. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Monday said that NTA will conduct the entrance for UG programmes in agriculture on September 7-8 this year. They have still not announced the dates for the PG and PhD programmes.
The dates for downloading of admit cards and declaration of result will soon be declared by the NTA on its official website.
The problem is, JEE Main 2020 is scheduled for Sept 1-6, while NEET for Sept 13. The ICAR paper lies in between and yet, the admit cards are not out. One of the students asked EduMin, "Why are you just focused on JEE-NEET? There are other exams and we are waiting for the admit cards too."
ICAR Exam Schedule
Earlier, NTA was to take the exam in June. Later, it was postponed on account of different phases of lockdowns and other central government guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it is scheduled for Sept 7-8. The admit cards should be out 2 weeks before the exams, but students are still waiting.
The exam for 2020 ICAR PG and ICAR SRF will be conducted in October; however, the exact dates will be revealed in the near future.
ICAR exam is conducted for admissions to various UG, PG & PhD agricultural courses. ICAR is the apex body for coordinating, guiding, and managing research and education in agriculture in the entire country under the aegis of DARE, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
The undergraduate students, upon prescribed criteria, will receive a National Talent Scholarship (NTS) of Rs 3,000 per month. The organisation awards 600 ICAR-PG Scholarships and 300 JRF/SRF, it says.
Those candidates who are not able to secure PG Scholarship, based upon prescribed criteria, will be eligible to receive NTS (PG) amounting to Rs 5,000 per month, while the amount of PG scholarship is Rs 12,640 per month, JRF/SRF is awarded @ Rs 31,000 for the first two years of study (JRF) and Rs 35,000 for the final year of study (SRF).