Mandate

• To act as a clearing house of information on agricultural and allied Science.
• To publish research publications, semi-technical periodicals, newsletters, books, monographs, handbooks, technical bulletins, annual reports, research highlights and other materials.
• To produce information in the form of floppies, magnetic discs, tape, Compact discs and other form of electronic publishing.
• To produce audio-visual material for dissemination and popularization of scientific knowledge about agriculture in the form of photographs, slides, audio-cassettes, video-cassettes and films.
• To organize refresher course, training and research in communication technologies to update and improve agricultural information system of the ICAR.
• To collect, process, store, retrieve and disseminate information on agriculture and allied sciences through Agricultural Research Information Centre (ARIC) using latest computer and digital technologies.