Lok Sabha Question No. 3950 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Private Labs for Genome Sequencing
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3950 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## PRIVATE LABS FOR GENOME SEQUENCING

## 3950.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and number of private labs that can do genome sequencing along with their capacity to do so, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  private  labs  are  being  prevented  from  doing  genome  sequencing  of Coronavirus and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the capacity of genome sequencing of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) established by the Government;
- (d) the list of the genome sequencing labs under INSACOG; and
- (e) the status of the proposal to include private labs in INSACOG?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (e):

As per the information provided by Department of Biotechnology, State/UT wise details of private labs that can do genome sequencing is placed at Annexure.

A  Standard  Operating  Procedures  (SOP)  for  joining  INSACOG  network  by  new laboratories  nominated  by  Central  Govt.  Ministries/  Department,  State  Government, laboratories belonging to private sector and other entities has also been formulated and notified  in  public  domain.  As  on  20 th March  2023,  three  Private  Genome  Sequencing Laboratories are under Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium.

Any  Indian  Public  or  private  sector  lab  can  submit  expression  of  Interest  for  joining INSACOG network. Detail guidelines for submitting expression of interest are available at DBT website.

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## Annexure

| STATES / UTs         | Name of INSACOG Genome Sequencing laboratories                                                                                         |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh       | SMC, Vijaywada                                                                                                                         |
| Assam                | NEIST, Jorhat and RMRC-NE,Dibrugarh                                                                                                    |
| Bihar                | IGIMS, Patna                                                                                                                           |
| Chandigarh           | IMTECH, Chandigarh                                                                                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh         | AIIMS, Raipur                                                                                                                          |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Shri Vinoba Bhave Civil hospital & NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute                                                       |
| Goa                  | NDH, Goa                                                                                                                               |
| Gujarat              | GBRC, Gandhinagar                                                                                                                      |
| Haryana              | THSTI, Faridabad and MDU, Rohtak                                                                                                       |
| Jharkhand            | RIMS, Ranchi                                                                                                                           |
| Karnataka            | InSTEM/NCBS, Bengaluru, CBR-IISc, Bengaluru, KIMS, Bengaluru, NIMHANS,Bengaluru, JNCASR, Bengaluru,MMC&RI,Mysore and BMC&RI, Bengaluru |
| Kerala               | RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram                                                                                                               |
| Ladakh               | Genomic Sequencing Lab(GSL), Chuchot                                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh       | SAIMS &PGI, Indore, AIIMS, Bhopal and DR&DE, Gwalior                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra          | NCL, Pune, NCCS, Pune, BJGMC, Pune, IISER, Pune, NIV, Pune, KHID, Mumbai, NEERI, Nagpur and HITR&T, Mumbai                             |
| Manipur              | IBSD, Imphal                                                                                                                           |
| Meghalaya            | PI, Shillong                                                                                                                           |
| Mizoram              | ZMC, Mizoram                                                                                                                           |
| New Delhi            | IGIB, Delhi, NCDC, Delhi, AIIMS, New Delhi, ILBS, New Delhi, LNH-MAMC, Delhi, and NII, Delhi,                                          |
| Odisha               | ILS, Bhubaneshwar and RMRC, Bhubaneswar                                                                                                |
| Punjab               | GMC, Patiala                                                                                                                           |
| Rajasthan            | MGMC, Jaipur, SMSMC, Jaipur, DSNMC, Jodhpur and AIIMS, Jodhpur                                                                         |
| Tamil Nadu           | NIRT, Chennai and SPHL, Chennai                                                                                                        |
| Telangana            | CCMB, Hyderabad, CDFD, Hyderabad and GMC, Secunderabad                                                                                 |
| Tripura              | AMC, Agartala                                                                                                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh        | CDRI, Lucknow, NBRI, Lucknow, KGMU, Lucknow and IMS,BHU, Varanasi                                                                      |
| Uttarakhand          | GDMC, Dehradun and GMC, Haldwani                                                                                                       |
| West Bengal          | NIBMG, Kalyani and IICB, Kolkata                                                                                                       |