Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is in the process of setting up National Institute of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research (NIPER) in every State of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said Institute is likely to be set up in all the States;
(c) whether the Government has received any proposal from the States where there is no such centre; and
(d) if so, the details and status thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS; MINISTRY OF SHIPPING AND MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)
(a) & (b): No Madam, the Government is not in the process of setting up National Institute of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research (NIPER) in every State of the country. Presently there are seven functional NIPERs at Mohali (Punjab), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Kolkata (West Bengal), Hyderabad (Telangana), Hajipur (Bihar), Guwahati (Assam) and Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh). Further, the Government has decided to set up four new NIPERs at Jhalawar (Rajasthan), Nagpur (Maharashtra), New Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
(c) & (d): The Government receives several proposals/ requests for opening of new NIPERs. NITI Aayog was recently mandated by the Ministry of Finance to carry out an evaluation of the existing NIPERs and recommend a suitable road map. The Aayog has recommended for consolidation of the existing ones rather than setting up of new NIPERs. As such, there is no proposal at present to set up any new NIPER.
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