Location/ Date of establishment

To cover problem area

Agro-ecological region

Dehradun (HQ)(20.9.1954)

Northwestern Himalayan Region

14. (Warm sub-humid to humid with inclusion of per humid eco-region with  brown forest and podzolic soils).

Kota (19.10.1954)

Ravine problem on the banks of  Chambal river

5.  (Hot semi-arid eco-region with medium and deep black soils)

Bellary (20.10.1954)

Black soil region

(semi-arid)

3 (Hot arid eco-region with red and black soils)

Udhagamandalam (20.10.1954)

Southern  hilly high rainfall region

19 (Hot humid per-humid eco-region with red, lateritic and alluvium derived soils)

Vasad (11.05.1955)

Ravine problem on the banks of  Mahi river (Gujarat)

5 (Hot semi arid eco-region with alluvium derived soils)

Agra (01.10.1957)

Ravine problem on the banks of Yamuna river

4 (Hot semi-arid eco-region  with alluvium derived soils)

Chandigarh (01.10.1957)

Sub montane tracts in the Northwestern region of  India with special reference to Shiwalik hills

9 (Hot subhumid (dry) ecoregion with alluvium derived soils)

Datia    (18.09.1986)

Bundelkhand region in U.P. and M.P.

4 (Hot semi-arid eco-region with alluvium derived soils)

Koraput   (31.01.1992)

Eastern ghats and Kondhan hills having shifting cultivation problem

12 (Hot subhumid eco-region with red and lateritic soils)