Question : RAJIV GANDHI BIO TECH INSTITUTE



(a) whether the Government proposes to take over the Rajiv Gandhi Bio-technology Institute at Thiruvananthapuram;

(b) if so, the status of the proposal; and

(c) the time by when the Institute is likely to be taken over?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) Yes Sir.

(b) & (c) The approval of the Union Cabinet has already been accorded for taking over the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram in August 2007.