The fact of the matter he described in the release are :
ICAR affiliation is not mandatory for any academic institutions to start educational programs. In fact, ICAR does not affiliate universities or grant permission to conduct any courses; it is not an affiliating body.
Arunachal University of Studies (AUS) has all the requisite facilities and meets all the conditions, based on which the UGC has approved it and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has also accredited it.
However, as an additional step, AUS plans to apply for ICAR accreditation (please note that accreditation is different from affiliation; please note that it is not mandatory but optional) at a suitable time in the future.
AUS does not offer B.Sc Horticulture degrees; what we offer is BSc (Honours) in Agriculture, adopting the ICAR pattern.