Lok Sabha Question No. 5613 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Research and Innovation Facilities
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5613 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/04/2022

## Research and Innovation Facilities

5613. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

िव²ान और ÿौīोिगकì मंýी

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  intends  to  establish  research  and  innovation  facilities  for biotechnology  in  Tier-2  and  Tier-3  cities  in  the  country,  particularly  in  Maharashtra  and Gujarat;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, especially in Maharashtra and Gujarat;
- (c) whether the Government has or intends to create a selection criterion for cities where such facilities will be established;
- (d) if so, the details of the criteria;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  will  facilitate  and  encourage  PPP  model  in  biotechnology industry under the aegis of the aforementioned strategy; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof including the mode of selection under the said strategy?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

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(a) Yes.

- (b) The Ministry of Science and Technology is supporting establishment of research and innovation  facilities  and  strengthening  of  existing  facilities  through  following  schemes and programmes:
-  Research Resources, Service Facilities and Platform (RRSFP) (DBT)
-  Biotech Parks (DBT)
-  Biotech Clusters (DBT)
-  Bioincubators  Nurturing  Entrepreneurship  for  Scaling  Technologies  (BioNEST) (DBT/BIRAC)
-  Intensification of Research in High Priority Area (IRHPA) (SERB, DST)

These  schemes/programmes  are  being  implemented  on  merit-basis  at  National  Level, including Teir-2 and Teir-3 cities.

State-wise facilities supported:

| Number of facilities supported   | RRSFP   | Biotech Parks   | Biotech Clusters   | BioNEST   | IRHPA   |
|----------------------------------|---------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------|---------|
| Assam                            | 1       | 1               | -                  | 4         | -       |
| Andhra Pradesh                   | -       | -               | -                  | 3         | 1       |
| Chandigarh (UT)                  | 3       | -               | -                  | -         | -       |
| Chhattisgarh                     | -       | 1               | -                  | -         | -       |
| Gujarat                          | 2       | -               | -                  | 3         | -       |
| Goa                              | -       | -               | -                  | 1         | -       |
| Haryana                          | 5       | -               | 1                  | -         | -       |
| Jammu and Kashmir                | 1       | 1               | -                  | -         | -       |
| Karnataka                        | 7       | 1               | 1                  | 1         | 1       |
| Kerala                           | 2       | 1               | -                  | 1         | -       |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 1       | -               | -                  | 1         | 1       |
| Maharashtra                      | 8       | -               | 1                  | -         | 1       |
| Manipur                          | 1       | -               | -                  | -         | -       |
| Meghalaya                        | -       | -               | -                  | 2         | -       |
| Mizoram                          | 2       | -               | -                  | 1         | -       |
| Odisha                           | 5       | -               | -                  | 3         | -       |
| Punjab                           | 3       | -               | -                  | 2         | 1       |
| Rajasthan                        | 2       | -               | -                  | 2         | 1       |
| Tamil Nadu                       | 2       | 2               | -                  | 5         | 2       |
| Telangana                        | 6       | 1               | -                  | -         | 1       |
| Tripura                          | 1       | -               | -                  | -         | -       |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | 2       | 1               | -                  | 3         | 1       |
| Uttarakhand                      | -       | -               | -                  | 1         | -       |
| West Bengal                      | 6       | -               | 1                  | -         | 2       |

(c) No

(d) Not applicable.

(e) Yes.

(f) Biotechnology  Industry  Research  Assistance  Council  (BIRAC)  is  a  not-for-profit Section 8, Schedule B, Public Sector Enterprise, set up by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. The facilities set  up by  BIRAC are under Public-Private Partnership  (PPP)  model.  Incubation  centres  are  encouraged  to  engage  stakeholders  in fiscal & non-fiscal PPP mode engagement. This includes space for facility set up, capital assets,  mentors,  expertise  and  investors  to  promote  innovation  ecosystem  across  the country, following the existing norms of Government of India.

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