SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV,HON’BLE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE PRESIDED THE 31ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF ICFRE on 6th October 2025at ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.

The 31^stAnnual General Meeting of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) was held on 6th October 2025 at the ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, under the Chairmanship of Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and President of the ICFRE Society. Hon’ble Minister was welcomed by Smt. Kanchan Devi, Director General, ICFRE and Member Secretary of the ICFRE Society.

During the meeting, the Annual Report of ICFRE for the year 2023–24, along with the Annual Audited Accounts, was presented in the meeting. The Annual Report of ICFRE 2023–24 and the Annual Audited Accounts 2023–24 were discussed and unanimously adopted by the Society for placing them on the Tables of both Houses of Parliament.

Hon’ble Minister appreciated the work of ICFRE and advised to extend the technologies and research outcomes to the end-users.

On the occasion, the Web Portal on Soil Health Card was launched, and four publications—Cashing on Casuarina: High Yielding Varieties and New Cultivation Techniques, Extension Strategy of ICFRE 2025–30, A Compendium of Lesser-Known Forest Plants: Insights and Opportunities, and Breeding Plans for Important Tree Species of India—were released.