(a) whether separate Biotechnology Parks for women have been established;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the reasons for reserving each park exclusively for women;
(d) whether there is a proposal to establish such parks in every State; and
(e) if so, the schedule of development of Biotechnology Parks for women in the country ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SHRI BACHI SINGH RAWAT)
(a) : Yes Sir.
(b) : Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society has been established at Siruseri, Chennai jointly by
Department of Biotechnology and Tamil Nadu State Government.
(c) : The Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society has been set up exclusively to provide
opportunities for professionally qualified women to take a career of remunerative self-employment through
eco-friendly biotechnological enterprises and also with a view to using full potential of women as equal
partners in the society.
(d) & (e) : So far there is no such proposal under consideration of the Department of Biotechnology to set
up parks exclusively for women. Proposals have been formulated by some State Governments for establishment
of Biotechnology Park or Incubator.