Lok Sabha Question No. 4920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Private Labs for Genome Sequencing
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. - 4920 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## PRIVATE LABS FOR GENOME SEQUENCING

## 4920.  SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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

- (a)  the number of private labs that can do genome sequencing along with their genome sequencing capacity State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  private  labs  have  been  prevented  from  doing  genome  sequencing  of COVID-19, if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether the Government aims to include private labs for Genome sequencing, if so, the details thereof including the time since when the proposals has been in the pipeline and the current status thereof;
- (d)  the capacity of genome sequencing of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) along with the number of sequencing being done per day classified monthwise from the year 2019; and
- (e)  the names and location of the genome sequencing centres under 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,  the  State/  UT  wise details of private labs that can do genome sequencing along with their capacity is placed at Annexure IA.

A  Standard  Operating  Procedures  (SOP)  for  joining  INSACOG  network  by  new laboratories  nominated  by  Central  Govt.  Ministries/  Department  as  well  as  State Government  nominated  laboratories,  laboratories  belonging  to  private  sector  and  other entities has also been formulated and notified in public domain. Further Six PrivateGenome Sequencing Laboratories has been approved after due procedure for the inclusion in the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium.

The  SARS-  CoV-2  genome  sequencing  capacity  of  INSACOG  Genome  Sequencing Laboratories  (IGSLs)  is  about  60,000  samples  per  month.  The  number  of  samples sequenced by INSACOG IGSLs under INSACOG consortium is placed at Annexure IB.

The details of INSACOG Genome Sequencing Laboratories areplaced at Annexure II.

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## Annexure IA

| State/UTs     | Name of Laboratory                                  | Sequencing capacity per month (Rounded off to the nearest 100)   |
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Karnataka     | Genotypic Technologies Pvt. Ltd                     | 6000                                                             |
| Karnataka     | Medgenome                                           | 23600                                                            |
| Karnataka     | Eurofins Genomics India Pvt. Ltd.                   | 1000                                                             |
| Karnataka     | Strands life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.                     | 12000                                                            |
| Gujarat       | Unipath Specialty laboratory, Ahmedabad             | 3200                                                             |
| Gujarat       | Sterling Accuris Wellness Pvt.Ltd                   | 800                                                              |
| Gujarat       | NeubergSupratech Reference Labs Pvt Ltd., Ahmedabad | 6100                                                             |
| Delhi         | Genestrings Diagnostic Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.         | 1000                                                             |
| Delhi         | CARINGdx, Mahajan Imaging Pvt. Ltd.                 | 4000                                                             |
| Delhi         | Ganesh Diagnostic &Imaging Centre Pvt. Ltd.         | 6000                                                             |
| Delhi         | Dr. Lal Pathlabs Ltd.                               | 400                                                              |
| Maharashtra   | NerdGene Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.                       | 3000                                                             |
| Maharashtra   | SRL Diagnostics                                     | 100                                                              |
| Maharashtra   | Metropolis Healthcare Ltd                           | 300                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu    | Life Cell International Pvt. Ltd.                   | 2000                                                             |
| Tamil Nadu    | Iris Laboratories                                   | 400                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu    | Theragen Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.                     | 1600                                                             |
| Tamil Nadu    | NucleomeInformaticPvt. Ltd.                         | 10,000                                                           |
| Haryana       | Pathkind Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd.                      | 2000                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh | RMLMehrotra Pathology Pvt. Ltd.                     | 1000                                                             |

Note According to information received in Expression of interest from Private labs for their inclusion in INSACOG network.

## Annexure IB

| Samples sequenced by IGSLs under INSACOG Consortium   | Samples sequenced by IGSLs under INSACOG Consortium   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Month                                                 | Month-wise samples sequenced                          |
| Jan- Apr-21                                           | 10037                                                 |
| May-21                                                | 26129                                                 |
| Jun-21                                                | 14355                                                 |
| Jul-21                                                | 9841                                                  |
| Aug-21                                                | 7509                                                  |
| Sep-21                                                | 14952                                                 |
| Oct-21                                                | 10597                                                 |
| Nov-21                                                | 9460                                                  |
| Dec-21                                                | 21407                                                 |
| Jan-22                                                | 34511                                                 |
| Feb-22                                                | 30694                                                 |
| March (as on 23-03-2022)                              | 11881                                                 |

## Annexure II

| S. No.   | Institute Name                                                                                                                              |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani, West Bengal                                                                     |
| 2        | Institute of Life Science (ILS), Bhubaneshwar                                                                                               |
| 3        | Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InSTEM/NCBS), Bengaluru                                                           |
| 4        | Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad                                                                             |
| 5        | National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune                                                                                               |
| 6        | CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi                                                                            |
| 7        | CSIR Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad                                                                            |
| 8        | National institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Hospital (NIMHANS), Bengaluru                                                         |
| 9        | ICMR- National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune                                                                                            |
| 10       | National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi                                                                                           |
| 11       | North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat, Assam                                                                       |
| 12       | National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, Maharashtra                                                                                       |
| 13       | Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                                                              |
| 14       | National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                                                        |
| 15       | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, West Bengal                                                                           |
| 16       | Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh                                                                                      |
| 17       | Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, Manipur                                                               |
| 18       | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala                                                                    |
| 19       | National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, Tamil Naidu                                                                |
| 20       | Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar, Odisha                                                                                |
| 21       | Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Dibrugarh, Assam                                                                                   |
| 22       | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, Karnataka                                                     |
| 23       | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi                                                                                          |
| 24       | Centre for Brain Research Indian Institute of Science (CBR-IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka                                                      |
| 25       | ByramjeeJeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC), Pune, Maharashtra Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
| 26       | Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi                                                                                   |
| 27       | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune                                                                            |
| 28 29    | Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, Haryana                                                           |
| 30       | Indra Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna                                                                                   |
| 31       | Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun                                                                                                   |
| 32       | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College (MGMC), Jaipur                                                                                               |
| 33       | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal                                                                                     |
| 34       | Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Secunderabad, A.P.                                                                              |
| 35       | Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences &Post Graduate Institute (SAIMS &PGI), Indore                                                   |
| 36       | Government Medical College, Patiala                                                                                                         |
| 37 38    | Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bengaluru, Karnataka Kasturba Gandhi Hospital For Infectious Diseases, Mumbai              |
| 39       | LokNayak Hospital, Delhi                                                                                                                    |
| 40       | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                                                                                                 |
| 41       | Pasteur Institute Shillong, Meghalaya                                                                                                       |
| 42       | State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL), Chennai, Tamil Naidu                                                                                 |
| 43       | Next Generation Genomics Sequencing Lab MDU Rohtak                                                                                          |
| 44       | Mysore Medical College& Research Institute, Mysuru                                                                                          |
|          | Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute (BMCRI),                                                                                     |
| 45       | Bengaluru, Karnataka Defence Research &Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior,Madhya                                                     |
| 46       | Pradesh CSIR- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra                                       |
| 47 48    | IMS, Banaras, Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                 |
| 49       | Siddhartha medical college, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                      |
| 50       | National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi                                                                                                 |
| 51       | Shri VinobaBhave College & NAMO MEDICAL EDUCATION &RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                     |
| 52       | King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                                                             |