Question : SETTING UP BIO-TECHNOLOGY PARK

(a) whether the Government of Andhra Pradesh is promoting the setting up of a Bio-Technology park at Turkapally village near Hyderabad;

(b) if so, whether this park will come up adjacent to the ICICI Knowledge park where international R & D facilities in the area of Bio-technology and related areas will be made available; and

(c) if so, whether both ICICI Knowledge Park and Bio-tech Park are being co-promoted by the State Government ?

(d) the action taken by the Government to fix responsibility in the matter ?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SHRI BACHI SINGH RAWAT)


(a), ( b), and (c) : Yes Sir. The Biotechnology Park has been established adjacent to the ICICI Knowledge Park in the Turkapally Village near Hyderabad. The Park would have state-of-the-art facilities in biotechnology for which the State Government is in the process of developing a business proposal in association with various entrepreneurs. Both the ICICI-Knowledge Park and the Biotechnology Park are being co-promoted by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh.