Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is using nuclear technology for agriculture in India. The technology is making valuable contribution to the agriculture and BARC has a separate department for nuclear agriculture and bio technology including the food technology.
This technology is specifically called mutation breeding which plays a crucial role in the development of varieties of oils seeds and pulses. The institute has developed 41 new varieties of pulses and oil seeds as of date and these varieties have no side-effects.
After the development, the variety is handed over to the state agriculture universities or the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR). These universities, ICAR test this seeds for three years before introducing them in the market. BARC has recently developed a groundnut variety TAG-24.