ICAR Technician Exam 2022: Check Notification & Other Details

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute or the Pusa Institute, is India’s National Institute for agricultural research, and education. IARI falls under the control of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, DARE, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. ICAR releases recruitment notifications for various posts. Recently, it released a recruitment notification for 641 ICAR Technicians to be recruited at various centers. The notice issued on 14th February 2022 mentioned that the ICAR Technician Exam will take place on 28th February, 2nd March, 4th March, and 5th March 2022.

• ICAR released the answer key for the same on 9th March 2022.
• The candidates must be waiting for the release of ICAR Technician Results now. You will get the related details here.
• The shortlisted candidates will have to take 1 year of training. As per the extant policy, if the candidate fails to complete the training successfully then he/she may not be considered for a regular appointment. 
• ICAR released a total of 641 vacancies for the role of Technician on 18th December 2021.

ICAR Technician Recruitment Overview

To help you get all the information on ICAR notifications in one place, we have made a table below.

Exam Conducting Authority	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Official Website	ICAR
Name of the Post	Technician
Selection Process	Computer Based Test
Application Start Date	18th December 2021
Last Date to Apply	20th January 2022 (11:55 PM)
Exam Date and Time	28th February, 2nd, 4th & 5th March 2022
Result Date	Yet to be announced
Job Location	All over India

Download the ICAR Technician Recruitment Notification Here

ICAR Technician Recruitment Vacancies

A total of 641 vacancies for technicians have been released by ICAR for the post of technician across the country. The vacancies breakdown for ICAR Recruitment has been done as per various categories. They are as follows- 

Category	Vacancies
General	286
OBC NCL	133
EWS	61
SC	93
ST	68
Total	641

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How to Apply for the ICAR Technician Recruitment?

To apply for the ICAR Technician Exam 2022, follow the steps stated here. 

Step 1: Go to the IARI official website.

Step 2: Click on Recruitment Cell>> Notice Board>> Technician.

Step 3: A new page appears on the screen, this is the form to apply

Step 4: Enter the details asked such as personal information, educational qualifications, and other such information. You have to attach a photo and signature of yourself as well.

Step 5: Pay the stated fee for the application.

Step 6: Click on Submit the Form option.

Step 7: Take a printout of the fee receipt and the ICAR Technician application form.

ICAR Technician Exam Application Fee

Get details of the Application Fee for the ICAR Technician Recruitment here.

Category	Examination Fee	Registration fee	Total
UR/OBC-NCL/EWS	Rs. 700/-	Rs. 300/-	Rs. 1000/-
Women/ Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe/ExServicemen / Person with Benchmark Disability	Nil	Rs. 300/-	Rs. 300/-

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ICAR Technician Eligibility 

The following are the eligibility requirements as per the ICAR Technician notification 2022. The candidate must possess the prescribed qualification, and age as of the date mentioned in the notification.

1. ICAR Technician Age Limit

The candidate must be 18 Years to 30 Years (as of 10/01/2022).

2. ICAR Technician Educational Qualification

Applicants applying for ICAR Technician recruitment 2022 are required to hold a Matriculation pass certificate or equivalent from a recognized Board.

ICAR Technician Selection Process

To get selected for the course, you are required to clear a Computer-based Test of 1.5 hours. Get detailed information on the test below. 

ICAR Technician Exam Pattern 

The candidates can refer to the ICAR Technician exam pattern to know the details of the exam such as the number of questions, weightage for each section, and know any negative marking if applicable. Below is the detailed exam pattern for the ICAR Technician examination.

Paper/Section	Subject	No. of Questions	Max marks
I	General Knowledge	25	25
II	Mathematics	25	25
III	Science	25	25
IV	Social Science	25	25
–	Total	100	100

• The question paper has Objective Type- Multiple Choice Questions 
• There will be 100 MCQ for 1 mark each. 
• The time duration for the ICAR technician’s written test is 1.5 hours.
•  The question will be set both in English & Hindi for all the sections.
• For each wrong answer, the ¼th mark of 1 question (0.25) mark will be deducted. 

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ICAR Technician Exam Dates 2022

Here are the details of the ICAR Technician exam dates that are announced in the official notification.

Events	Dates
ICAR Technician Notification Release	18th December 2021
Online Registration Starts	18th December 2021 (10 am)
Last Date to Apply Online	20th January 2022 (11:55 pm)
Last Date to Pay Application Fee	20th January 2022 (11:55 pm)
ICAR Technician Admit Card	15th February 2022
ICAR Technician Exam Date 2022	28th February, 2nd, 4th & 5th March 2022
ICAR Technician Answer Key 2022	9th march 2022
ICAR Technician Result 2022	Yet to be announced

ICAR Technician Salary

The salary for a Technician is released by the authorities in the ICAR Technician notification. According to the 2022 notification, these are some of the details you should be aware of- 

• ICAR Technician Salary is set as per the 7th pay commission.
• As per the notification, the pay scale of ICAR Technician is under Pay Level-3 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix
• The salary range of ICAR Technician is Rs. 21700-69100/- 
• Candidates will also be provided with Dearness allowances( DA), Housing renting allowance (HRA), etc.

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ICAR Technician Cut Off

The cut-off for ICAR Technician will be declared by the authorities after the result of each phase. We are providing the details of the previous year’s ICAR Technician cut-off below.

ICAR IARI Technician Cut Off 2018

Check category-wise ICAR Technician Cut Off 2018 from the below table- 

Category	ICAR Cut Off 2018
General	53
OBC	50
SC	45
ST	42

ICAR IARI Technician Cut Off 2016

Check category-wise ICAR Technician Cut Off 2016 from the below table- 

Category	ICAR Cut Off 2016
GEN	53
OBC	50
SC	45
ST	42

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ICAR Technician Minimum Qualifying Marks

ICAR has released the minimum qualifying marks for ICAR Technician written test which is as follows-

Category	Minimum Qualifying Marks
UR	40%
SC/ OBC-NCL/ EWS	30%
ST	25%

ICAR Technician Result

ICAR will release the result of the technician’s post soon. To check the result, you should keep yourself up-to-date with the steps to download the result. Get them here-

Step 1: Go to the official website of the IARI.

Step 2: Click on Recruitment Cell>> Notice Board>> Technician.

Step 3: A new page appears on the screen. Proceed to result

Step 4: Search for your roll number in this result.

Step 5: If your number has been included, you have cleared the exam.

We hope you found this article on ICAR Technician Recruitment informative and helpful and please do not hesitate to contact us with any doubts. 

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