Doesn’t have to be a govt department though. India is still primarily agricultural but almost all agri research happens at the universities. Still funded by the government but they do the dual work of training the next generation as well.
But this is a big facility right in the middle of the rice belt and big fields for large research projects in cooperation with universities. UArkansas has a facility nextdoor/shares resources, and it's not too far from UA Little Rock. https://aaes.uada.edu/research-locations/rice-research-exten...
