(a) whether the Government has taken any special initiative for promotion of bio-technology industry in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the likely scope of increasing export on application of bio-technology;
(c) the allocations made for the sector during the last three years;
(d) the details of bio-technology based programmes/projects launched by the Government; and
(e) the funds allocated for each programme/project, State-wise programme-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR EARTH SCIENCES
(PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN)
(a) to (e): Yes, Madam. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in the Ministry of Science &
Technology, which is a nodal department in the government to promote biotechnology, is
implementing two schemes namely “Small Business Innovation Research Initiative (SBIRI)†and
“Biotech Industr Promotion Programme (BIPP)†to support industry in the country. SBIRI
supports high-risk innovative projects from concept to commercilization in small and medium
companies. It encourses entrepreneurship for the development of products and processes which
have high economic and societal relevance. BIPP supports high risk discovery and innovation
and accelerated technology dvelopment specially for futuristic areas on cost sharing basis.
DBT also prodvides financial and technical support to biotech parks in different states of
the country. This helps the new and small entrepreneurs to start their own venture.
Biotechnology parks supported by the DBT are functioning inUttar Pradesh (Lucknow), Andhra
Pradesh (Hyderabad) and in Tamil Ndu (Chennai).
In addition to above projects on biotechnology are supported under folowing schemes also:
(i) Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Research Progrmmes (DPRP) being implemented by Department of
Science and Technology (DST);
(ii) New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiatie (NMITLI) being implemented by
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR);
(iii) technology Development and Demonstaration Programme (TDDP) being implemented by
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR);
(iv) Technology Development Board (TDB) of DST also supports industry projects.
Products developed through the above schemes are likely to contribute to exports.
The allocations made for promoion of biotechnology industry in the country through DBT during
last three years are as follows:
Programmes Financial Year Allocation (Rs.in crores)
Assistance to Technology 2008-09 32.00 incubator and Biotech Parks 2009-10 3.00 2010-11 5.00 Public-Private-Partnership 2008-09 60.00 (SBIRI & BIPP) 2009-10 90.00 2010-11 118.00 Total 308.00