Question: The National Research Centre (NRC) for Citrus is situated in: (MCAER 2012)
Options:
Lucknow
Nagpur
Bangalore
Srinagar
🔑 Key Points:
-The National Research Centre for citrus fruits is located in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
-Nagpur is a city in the state of Maharashtra and is located in Central India.
-This is because Nagpur has the perfect climatic conditions to grow citrus fruits.
-Oranges from the region are famous nationally and internationally.
-The National Research Centre for citrus fruits is an institute for research in citrus fruits and horticulture in India.
-NRCC was founded on 29 November 1985.
-The owner of NRCC is the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
-Brazil is the top producer of citrus fruits in the world with an annual production of about 20 million tons.