Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state that the details of allocation of funds for research and development of low cost drugs, preventive vaccines and personalised medicines during the last three years along with the expenditure incurred thereon?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)
As informed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the allocation of funds to the division of Basic Medical Science (BMS) which carries out research and development of low cost drugs, preventive vaccines and personalized medicines, during the last three years was Rs. 80.87 Crore. The year-wise breakup is as under:
(Rs. In crore)
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
26.95 24.45 29.47
In addition, ICMR also allocates funds to its Institutes for research and development of low cost drugs, preventive vaccines and personalized medicines. The details of funds released to these Institutes during last three years are as under:
(Rs. In crore)
Name of the Institute 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Disease (NICED), Kolkata 23.70 23.12 21.93
National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Delhi 24.66 24.57 27.81
National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune 33.43 38.03 38.63
National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai 38.61 44.73 45.07
National JALMA Instt. For Leprosy & other Mycobacterial Disease (NJIL &OMD), Agra 18.53 23.21 25.41
Individual subject-wise breakup of funds is not available.