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Consider the following statements regarding the institutional expansion of the ICAR-Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) as the National Institute for Research on Commercial Agriculture (NIRCA): Statement I: The newly rebranded institute (NIRCA) will now discard tobacco research completely and focus exclusively on horticultural crops. Statement II: ICAR has expanded the mandate of the institute to comprehensively include research on vital commercial crops like turmeric, chilli, castor, and ashwagandha. Statement III: The original Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) was established by ICAR in the year 1947. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 1Only I and III
- 2Only II
- 3Only II and III✓
- 4Only I and II
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Only II and III
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