The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on August 29, 2020 inaugurated the College and Administration Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, UP through video conferencing.
- The RLB Central Agriculture University is located in Jhansi and is a prominent institute of the Bundelkhand region.
- The University has started its first academic session in 2014-15 and is offering Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry.
- Now there are three Central Agricultural Universities in the country. These are: 1. Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi and Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University,Pusa (Samastipur).
- Central Agricultural University, Imphal has been expanded by affiliating 6 new colleges with it.
- Besides this, three more National Institutions viz. IARI Jharkhand, IARI Assam and Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Integrated Farming in Motihari, Bihar are also being established.
