(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?
(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?
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.