Q. National Research Centre on camel is located at?
(1) Avikanagar
(2) Jodhpur
(3) Aimer
(4) Bikaner
(5) Question not attempted
Answer: 4
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ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner, is a Premier Research Centre located at Bikaner city of Rajasthan.
ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner, is a Premier Research Centre located at Bikaner city of Rajasthan. Considering the importance of camel in the socio-economic development of arid and semi-arid zones, the Government of India established a Project Directorate on Camel at Bikaner (India) on 5 July 1984 under aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) which was upgraded to National Research Centre on Camel (NRCC) on 20 September 1995.
Mandates of this institute are:
1. Basic and applied research for improvement camel health and production;
2. Information repository on camel research and development; and
3. Development of camel ecotourism.
This centre is also known as ‘Camel Farm’ among the local people. The camel farm maintains an elite herd of more than 300 camels of Bikaneri, Jaisalmeri, Kachchhi and Mewari breeds.
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