BiotechPolicyII

Coord dinates(Banga alore) India Coun ntry Estab blished 19 956-11-01 Capit tal Ba angalore Large est city Ba angalore Distri icts 30 0

Distr ricts

Bangalore Ur B rban B Bangalore Ru ural C Chikkaballap pur C Chitradurga D Davanagere K Kolar R Ramanagara S Shimoga T Tumkur B Bagalkot B Belgaum B Bijapur D Dharwad G Gadag H Haveri U Uttara Kanna ada B Bellary B Bidar G Gulbarga K Koppal R Raichur Y Yadgir C Chamarajana agar C Chikamagalu ur D Dakshina Ka annada H Hassan K Kodagu M Mandya M Mysore U Udupi

Area To otal (74,050.9 sq mi) k Area rank Official la anguages 191,791 km m2 8th Kannada, English, Hi indi

Goa

Maharas shtra

Arabian A Sea

Karnat taka

Andh hra Pradesh

Kerala

Tam mil Nadu

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ote.rno o$,ispo 5edto prov de nnovative,aff.rdabeandmean ngtu souronsrob ions nheanr,food,enrB,,atrdenvironnil (arnatnkii5in
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Highlights of Achievements

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2.1 r,eM leini!nsiot.ch Po icy o gavan zcth.b otech,d!{ryin(amatarathtuueh seve 3 bo dneps.rheobjed ve.oIt,ePo nywefe:
rosPf ead awareie* abo(t nveim ibiokd,no o$,,genomi.s,bio nforfl d c5,bi.i!e

5,

..ntftrdrcsearch,et.,amonctreentfePrcn.uf
In(ea.e theqB tyof hum?n rcsoutes b:y suppor ngspe.if .educat oialandreser.h

r.suiainand maittriDthepreseitPre em nert posit onof (rnaGkrsndBanga orcinthef e dof

Asr

b ote.hno oe/lABr),thehnitutcor Bi! nrorm;ti.sandAppred B otechio os/0BAB), th. ceiteror tsuman Geneti.s (cHG), and Br

roout ineasctof ncef tivesard..r.e$ionsfof thc b ote.hno og/ rdlnrytoatEdinve

ro provdespe.it.infnnru.tureas,re lsenhan.e hL man rsouf ces ror the developmentot

P.DVjdegcn.nr ifia$r!duresu.h:rhiShq!tr ty oad., a masti:ni t synen,beter PowersuPP y,

cre*cspec f c irranru.tures!.hasto.used

roen.ourrgcthegrowthorb
ro p.ovldean apprcpritrte iin a.h cve a lth$eobiedives

nformat.s

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1.2 su.hnepsw L soaloigway riynez ngth r.searcri and davel.pment (RaD) and.onmerc a irencrhsof thcnde.nd ncreasingtheso.ia and

ih.lo o| rgt.b e irE.mrhePfoPcri 5nide ilhe Po i.yiid dctri s|\e.o.e.poid,r3

ogfofthePeopleor

2.2 t ssmatterof prdcforthesb MedAdN.rvshas kted Bio.onamongnthetop:o biote.hnolog/.ompan esinthewor d narePortin 2oos t snEoi y..mpanynomAs atomarte !tod,G

INSTTUTEOFBIO NFORMATICS
ANDAPPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY ( BAB)

shrt nefroms.f
recogn zed

atch, IBAB hasbecoma ndlonarly

ini

tution inashofr periodof time.

TI]E INSTITL]TEOF AGR].8 OTECHNOLOGI

Thhinnitutehasbeenfundedasspe.ifiedinthePolicy
document and
has achleved a

iring

of success.

TH E BANGALORE HELIX, A BIOTECH PARK, BANGALORE

hd beennablished in Erectronics city! Bancarore.tBAB andcHcarethepark!firno.cupants,suit up5pacetor

ThG

companiesand lncubatorewill

be.ft atd

in phsSs lLand

ll.

BANGALOREBIO,ANANNUAL B OTECHEXI]IBTIONAND
CONFERENCE

Banga or Bio habeen held suc.sstulVeachyearsince2oo,,

V SION GROUPON B OTECT-tNOLOGY(VGB)

'IheVGBhas beenspearheadingE.ious initidives,lnc uding the Policy document, sangalo Eio, Bangaloe He i:, and so on.

SEVERALMEASURESTO ENCOURAGECOMPANIESTO

Thei hee ben succesrul, with (arnataka becomlne a

eading sbte in biote.hno 06/.

Mare

d.h,k

an paEn 3&23.

BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL A RPORTBYWAYOFENABLING GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Th e

4ooo

ac re

ai.pod k functlonal.

rt

wil

be able

to handle

m I ions of pasengers annuallyat full capacity.

3. Institute of Bio-informatics & Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore

3.1
Fo

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ngtrretrli cnn

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ot. fa.i t esatthe i*t!reand.ompanesletupby

alumn a.ea so b. nCmcntorc.l.
BAB

Biote.r

rr.e/(

BAB).rheobFdiv
3.6

Th. n*ituteh$beeihoiouredlorece vara.u ty Mcf.r&.o(MsD Phama.ed

ca

ro orrer Manetr aid Do.toral proeEmmes in

Bio ntofmat

and

rPryLtd

nd4 t

candapp .d

ote.rrio os/

ras re.e ved Srant rund ntrcm thc Departnenrot Biotechio ogy, the Deprrt nentor s.ien.eand ie.hnD os,trndthc D.partmentof on r(rnE yGl.f thecoEmmstof ^fonnat hd tmdth.

ro Prcmotcand tun n.ubd.dcentesfor

wadhrvaniForidrtioi triarasorecaived{hoaEhp mada supportf rcmtheGovernmertotkrnitiki, A..c rys,Mi pore ndia,sartor!! ,di:,stf:ndLfe iynourdonof rhe Govemmentof Ksrraula rassetuptheinn tute\ .:mpusintrrcBansal!fef e taidtheins !tehs
rronourcdtofece ve..orpurorRr5.rorerromtre

3.2rha n*itute rasre.eivedoferwh. minsn pport f rcmtr.ad.m..nd idu(ry..ieitinipr mariythose ,B3ne:ore Eprccnmm.shavcb

h.hitp anstoL*
to nffe4etlf

iumbar.|':.!

|y

3.3 BABlmprEtfa ninetoso roo

.!rcntyhisfour.ou(*
n

qun,crem iform*.s,andsynth.t.chem nry

r.7 rheDeP3rtmentor iMin nryof aommun.ations and T,Govefnmeitof idla,ha. iapri,,oo9a..orded n prir. p eapprovaltoenabl shtrccntcof conpe tcn.cfor NetGei.!t ofsequen. ,g aBio rf:. ity
14 noreB o

ronedtodrt. thtrscnnrcd,ootoP i.anent

rr.entreisbe ngs{!pby?.onsodiumof 3.4rheinn &rhaspub shedreveraLpspeE n frnDt m3 FfM s ndtrd neNiturc Bioterhno o$,, NL.rc.A.ids Rererch, BMCCen.m ed fe.otiit ona.a
PhD.srait

fo!f nnitut o's ianey BAB,strindLres.hn.as,

ccntcforAdvai.edscieit rnResear.r rre
softrvarerechno os,Parlsorrnd a(srP),EtEnd s.ien.es, and oth.f FrtneErvi
L

ie i{itd.lrromM:n

parun veEity

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3.3 The IBAB Governing 6ody

comprirs of:

Pbf,s. sadagopr4 Dnector,lnternationa

Instituteof nformation fechnolo$,,Bangalo.e

Dr. H. sha6tchand14ProfessorEmerft us,rndian

nstitute ofScience Banga ore, chairman

Mi

M. l/,jayan, Honorary Prore$or &

Dht nCUkhed Eidechno ogist, Indlan Instituteof

Mi tanr.ai cha.da,

Director,tndian Innituteof

Prot
Ms. Knar

K.

UhyRasfiahn,

Director, Nationar cntre

irdumd.r-shaq

Founderand

cMq
Principa se.retarytoGovernment,rhe Depanment of Infofmat on T{hno 06,, Blotechnolosland science&Te.hnoro$/ (Depadment of Lr, Br and s&r), Gdernment

Prot M.IL5. Rao,President,rawaharral Nehru cent ror Advancd Scientific Resea.ch, Ba.galore
Ms, Renuk.Rafl n.th,MD&CEO,lCtCtventuf e FundsManagementcompany Ltd.,Bangarore

of

Diredor, Department of rr and Biotechnolos/,

3.9 For more information aboot the insitute,

please visit

hfrp://ww.ibab.ac.in

4. Institute of Agri-biotechnology, Dharwad

4.1 TheGovernmeniof KarndakanablGhedthe
of

lisituteorAgrl biotechno os/(ABDattheuniveEity AgricutuE sciences,Dhaead,withaganerous

Rs

4,3 ABT has five modern laboatories with top{ as in*umenbandtucilities. tsactiviuesfalllntothe
followingcategories:human resou.cedevlopment,
research and

ghnt or

5.rore in 20o1.

li.ubationof entrepreneu6.

4,2 The |AET has givenahugeboosttotheactivitle5on campusa.rosssdrardepartments.The e.thosi6m andhardworkof thetucllqandnudenB,sputrdon bythafrci itlesenabled byrhe|ABT3establ shment, have resulted inf urtherfundingThis hd come through untersiq,dvelopmentgrantsandseveral projed tunds brought in byfaculty from national sources such asthe DepadmentotBiote.hidlog/,the Indian councllof 4ri.ultuB Research, Departmenrof Science and Te.hnoloA,, the Life s.ience Resear.h

wo*ed on I ve research topics at ABT. Fourof thesixfacu tymemba6wereawarded fel owshipsforpondoctoE studlesabroad.
Msc/PhD nudents have

stitute foc6es on

4.5.1 Gendic tnsfo rmation for econom ic tmits: The lnstitutelswork neon Brinjal,Pigeon peaandchirli.

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4. Institute of Agri-biotechnolosf, Dharwad

a.5,2 cloningnewand modlf edversions of known 4.6 Incubation: ABThonsbbofatoryspacator4

cenes:Aful enSrhcry .Senefromapotent^ative isolateof Ba.il usthuring ens srron tbewe*era Ghatshsbeen. oned.e o.oniolmicobesl lte Trichodermaspandsetrat a ma6escen5are being sorated ln larce numbeE.Thase bio.onho agenbare asou(eof chit ndeandclucanase genes, known to be importartfof transgei.sio combat diseases.
4.s.3 Mo ecularmapp nCandma*eFa$ *ed seledon (MAs)incopplants: ABrhasalongierm nteren n generatin&cather ncand usin3Senom c nrormation inapp ied p an!breadlngactlvties.Thee actlv ties are bas caLly muh to.uLty spadnipatlnglnanat onaleffortonPieeon

dart-upcompan es.Two compan'es are.lranrry be nghoned,anddiscu$ionsareonwithrmore.The *art upshaveacce$!oal presen.eof these *ad.upskan lnrpirationto the eudentcommunirytoih nkln terms of

4.7

In ordertoensure ABr!continulnCsuc.essand racethe inntutetoturther heighs,theGovef nment

wi

derannualrnancial5uppo.iotheiuneof Rsro akhtobeusedforthepurposeof maintenance,

cons
repa rand rep acement of f a.il ties,and.onsumab es

forthe abontorles. rhksupportw I be

Peer rev ewed every 2yea6.

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5. Enabling

Institutions
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Bi.te.hno.t,Led F,G,pr*slAB F) siMt.M fo( tre nd:rb ote.hno 03]se.tof ro03,arre, idusrf eid,"efe 1iiee.l1.iornrl

riyro ree L B

oipe.t !m!pub isrr,ayberMe g.L.rero provd.:

,

)..nlob.re.l
s

rt.doEirehred

cuCa.i,ts3iyla

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Jllarh:ool, B osp..tl m htrrh gh shtd nditr! b otd o e,!an,er a,a! ! halpedattrrd rp{o
A..a n*etre pa.eoig owrh.rtreb o:e.r,o oey igjr.ter iv.$ni.it ndunry n rtr,by.i..L
m.varo Kr iatara,:]d
p

ayedrm:

'ig

Br,!r o,.3on.rg.i.ei! id

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of oh

Pro!reap

droi.ro,r.i,e1.a,d ov.ced

,e.l.veryDe.qn5er i B Ci o,e sadd.trq,d eventforth. nd an biDte.h.ommL nity

Biosp.drt mh-Drcv d.dthcbcnp itrof mfof thr . ry sB oU neb ote.r..mmur rtt.ene:ee(itrea.h .dr,.hroulhits.o uhis,.peiedxr id.!tol,e om del?of d iorKam:tari:rbi.te.hnD cgtsedor. r $ei, ide( ntr.e*n, !ranpe..rb.te.r'

boi..hioollidii.tvo!
Forgenronsef rGbetrietraLadeo,

ir,d
rtrb

Furthcrdcttr siboutth.o.gani:it oi

if.r!i

ctrt

o.3 ndu{'y,anij abora: haped n:leB:,9:ore trn.l Karnahktrthcp !otarcundwh.h nd as fa{ 3 cu neb or-a. r ndusny.evo les Bred orlhe nic..$ofdr mq.z i.,iiAei.edit oi orB ospe{tun
ing:pDreto.oref rd'eAsia Pa.r.reg dE o tooishand.dnomeanga orc,thus ns ngth.rrci cot

5.2 Biospedrum, rhe leadinC m:g:zine devord

ro

thc Indiin BiorcchnoroEy Indu*ry Bang: orc pub Lhed Bi.lce.tumshrtldr nditr\fEt b .re. no og/ n,.g;u ne

idd,y

rhe.ity!3id*te!.3pab

ries

r.:ourr id 3!fEt uti. E b!!i,esm:e:z

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6. Biotechnology Industry
5.1 Delinitionof aBiote.hcompany: Ab otechno oglcomPany meansan
6.3 singl-window clrran ce Me.han ism: As p er thewof d BankReport:ooT,compan es i idiahave!o comp ere,3rormal iiesand ittakes3days to.onp ete the proces,compared to2 days inA

a.ompanyengagedlnanyof thefol ow ncact vt es:

I I

Deveopingaproductororrerngaservicerelatedio
' ivingsynemr, as out ined be ow.

nkvat veprocedures. B otechproie.Einthastate wi lbeexamind,r(ut ntedtrndapproved bythe T,BI

adm
and

R6arch md drye opmert and/o, naiutadde which useorareder ved byus ngspe.ir. iving synems,and oridf omatlon or materia derlved thererrom LlvnCsynem wou din. udep an6, anina s(inc ud nshumantandmicrobes
Exampesorsuchcompanes i.ludebloinrormati.s produdandseru.e.ompanies,c in.a reearch oEanizat of 5i.onradresea..horgan zat ons,and aib otech.ofr paiies deve oplnC genet ca t mod r ed (GM) @p5 with nove ensineercd tEi6.

s&r Authority, wh .h wi .atay*fof the grorth of thesedor inrhestate of

biote.hsectorqi lbeadm nGtefed bythesaid Authorlg/,whi.hwi I bethesing e-Windowcleahn.e Me.han smrofa llheproie.tsre atlns to |l Br and sar

6.4 MeCaProjft :Mecaprojectswl beonereda unlq!e pa.kageor.on.esions,in.ludinS.!n.esions

*ated
e

sewhere h th

Po icy. A me8a

prcje.t w

Ll

be

one

ote.hse.torhEge of$2.5billonandkErow nCat an an 3s1.The ndu*rytoday.omprises34o.orebiotech

6.2 ndian b

rhe

nil

on nanewcompanyorintheqpans onoranexining

codpan es n5dGr n.tsegmen6inamelyb opharma, bioagirtrlture, bi! nf ormatics, blo ndunr a, and bio services Karnarakaalonehasoverrsobiote.h

.ompany,o.wh.hwllpovideemp oyneittor5o n Banea oreorioroo nanyother.iryintheSiateof Ktrrnataka.rheconcesoft wil beapp cabletonew invno6swel Eioanyru.h.ompanlthatneates employmentrrom ncrementa nve*meit.rhe Governmentof krnataka hereby$nounc6thatin termsore igibi ty,thGwl lbeappi.ab eJromthe

Incentives and concessions

7. Fiscal
7,1 Thenrca incentiverandconcessionsofieredunder

8. safeguards
r
TheEiotechno oS/ Re8ulatory Authorig/sha

the(arnabkarndunriarPor.y2oo9 qshar beextended tothebiotechnolog/indo*ryand R&D centres. Forthe purposeof administeringthef cca incenrives and conce$ions,thebiotech.olo$/indGti6and R&D centes coming in zone-4 wi I be offered the pa.kage of ncent vesand concessions atthesame rate asinzone-3 speclf edinAnneure2of tha ndusrlalPolicy.Therewi I beon yszonar.lasif i.ationsforthe brotech industryi.e.,

monitorthsafetyECulatlonsin insh latlonsengaged in

the useof snetrGrtmodifi ed

organkmth@.dous microorgankms aidthe rappllations in theenvironment.Ihedkhidleve cohmifreessh; rvi5it5uch in5tal atio ns, rormu late info.mation ch afrs as crain hardsand risks,and coordindeadivitieswlth aview

3.' 7.2e.t.ntRBisoatio..ndProdudRealnr.tloh:
sbtaGdernmentwlll providef biotechno oS,indu$rial unitsf orpatenttia.kingand
The

hrcbyamouices thatal safeguardswi lbeinthehandsof aslngleentiv,

The

Gdmmst

of Ktrmbka

the Biote.hno106, RegulatoryAdhoriq,,

co m panles and a.adem ic resa..h lnstiiutionsarearlowedtocreate sonded Warehousesfor quarantine purposeson yforbiologlca fr atef laksuch Epranr,seedsandanrmakthararebeing mpored. Thesewllbesubjectto nspect onbythecoicried off .ersand scianuf i.nomlnees of the Gove.nmenr

3.3 Blotech

patent registration up ro 50% ofthe cort ol regisration,

subje.itoamdimumof Rs2 akhandpfovidedthe

patenv ntelrectua prope rty right (
P

R)

k recognized.

Thefinan.iarEsctancewir begrvenonryonceper

7.3 Sian dardilation Crtification: The biote.h se dor k hlhtqualitysenshve.sbndadlzatioi certif icdes obtainedf romthecompetentcert 6/ingagenciessuchd
wh ereve r nece$a ry will be fr nanclally su ppoded bythestate Government uptoso%of the erpenditure incuned insuchcetif cation procedoressubjecttoa mdifr unof Rs2lakh percas.ThisJinan.ia aslnan.e 5ha I nclude expenditure incuredtowardstheco* of acqoirlngequ pmentrequiredf ortestingand .edifi cailon,qualiiy uEdation, consultancy,etc

lso/ls

9. Power
lbeteated6spec alindus ralconsume6andlndunriale actricityhrlff w I be levied on such.ompanies. Uninteruptedand qualiv powersupptbe nSoneof theprime requ rementsf or thesunenancand grofr h olbiote.hnolog/ indunries, the5elndunrieswi lbegvan prlority nsanctlonand
9.1 Biotch.onpan eswi Government.AccordinAy,theGove asethesefr insuporventurecapih (vc)runds ror

biotechindunr eswirhprivarepadi.ipation.ltmayako be noted that the state already h6 several major financial r'cp ayeE.
1r.2 TheGovernmenthasaso aui.hedaRs5o-crore fund,theK|TVEN Fund- r,rof rhe Tindunry,afi Eroritek nd venturef und initiated byth theGovernmentof Kamarakanowplanst launcha biote.h venturef und,the KBio-VEN Fund.
11,3 ThGovernmentannouncesa bleventuref und of Rs so crore !o be set up in partnerehlp with a profes-

9.2 Power connections wil besandionadwith nro

lheGdernmentof Kamataka herebyaniounces tharfor blotech.ompanierthere w I be dedlated

9,3 power linesthat areexemPtf rom powercuts.

1o. Zonal
r0.r
Bio

Regulations

nfo.mati.s.ompadiesthatureupto50KVA Powerwi lbeperm ttedtobeestab o.ationa renrldions.ThecomPan escanbee{ab lkhedinanyare6subiecttolandusaaindlcatedinthe

onalVcf rm.Thkw llbeabiotechJo.usedfund.ony ceftain hi te.h areas wiih nrong $ c ial reLevance such d raftcenk, *em cell bio os/, bio manufacturln& and soon wou dbealigib eforfund na.TheGovernment wi lhavea26%stake niheproposedfundandthe balan.e74%wlll comef romf nancial hstirutioE md/or
s

rr.4
r0.2 ThagovernmentslllbeplededtoreldFARforal biotechproiedssubjedtozonalresu ationsandthe landusepafternaspe.theMEterP ansof thePlanning

The covernmntof Karnatakaherebyannounce5a

support mechanismcearedtotanslate ruseaf chlnto commercia proieds. rhekrnatak

rr. Venture Capital Fund

1r.r Thebiotechnolog/indu*ryisintheio tla
and requkesacuvemonetarysuppofr tromthe

wil setapartacorpusfundof Rsrs-2odorewhichwi I busedtoissueCmnts inthe Rslo 20lakh mngein ea.h case,ThesegranbwilLbeforaspecia porpose,suchas tohelpcol ectpre im narydataroraproiedandappy lor argergmntfromcentialGovernmentaeencles. Thesearantswi lbeforsdera blotechareas.

stages

The covernment announces a bio-venturefund of Rs 50 crore to be set up in partnrship with a professional vC

firh.

This will be

biotech-foused

fund. only.ertain hi-tech areas with strong social relevance suchas

transgen ics, ste m cell biology, bio manufactu ring, and so on - would be

eligible forfunding.

r?. Catalyzing Agricultural

r3. Promoting Pollution

Biotechnologl
r2.r while
global ytheareaunderblotechcrcps has benBrowingbedeen,o%and,2%annua ly,ln rndia

Control
l3,r
it
Reducingar,waterandlandpo luuonisor paramountlmpofr ance. Forconpaniesthathave Cedified zerc Discharge,therewi I beaspecial incen tivaandconce$ion package,whichwlll includereim. bu6ementorvATon importedequipment.lhkwill Prove to be an incent ve for other.ompanies to under takerequisite measurestolikewisea.hievezaro

hasbeendoublinCderyyearsincetheirlnsoduction n 2oo2.Thk signif iesthevalueof tchnolos|intusioi in theagrlcuturesector na.agErianeconomy ikerodia andwhatit.an pdentialtachiew. noderto usherin theSecond Green Revolution,theStateGovernment willencouraee f eld tia s and erperimen$ by agribiotech enie.prisesand s.ientkb. Forthk purpose, theywi I befacilitated in acquiringtillab eagricultural landtothetuneof ,5 2oacres.Thcwillsolelybefor companiesthatperrof mricu ture relatedbiotech resear.handwil beintheformola35-Farleeeif the companys adivities are endorsed by an appropriate

13,2 ThePollutionConto Board cla$ fies or8ania tions6 green,oranee orred,nependlneontheir leve s orpol ution. someilmesthk leadstoanoma ous situations where non-pol uting laboratories are neve F thelessc 6sifi edEoEngorred.Al resear.h abswil aubmatical y.ome !ndertheS.een catqpry

12.2 tislmpofranttosynereizetheactlvitiesof therT& BT Departmeni with the Agri.ulture Depadment to nrlt ha.ne$theenel8 es and intuastructureorthe buge agricultureetenslon machineryaidthe state seed Co.pontlon to achieveAood g.ov\th in agricultuGl blotechnoory.Amechanismllllbeevolvedto mple'

i4. capacity-building Strategies in Biotechnolog/

141 Thebiorechindusryhslamentedthatmo5t ghduaiesin Indiaare unemployab eandthattheirsk I setsarenotadeqlatefortoday's.hal engingnvnonmert.lnspiteof argeinve*menbinvariousbEnches of biotechnolog/and.ompanies gtuwingin number and insize,thelack of tiained manpowerisprovingto
beabofr

lene.kfortudhergrcft h.

142 RI FlnLhlngSchool:The Government hereby ainouncesthat rF nkhlngs.hoo swi I beestablished wth appropriatecouEecontentandduGt on to equip st ude nc, padl.u arly g6d uates and pon-8rad uates, wthnece$aryemployab eskil stomakethem lndunry{ady.To beginwiih,thecovernmentslll promotelo F nishlncschoolsjselected byABLEandthe vcion Groupon Eidechno og/.The Fin shingschook w I havetoseekABLP5re.ognitioi
from a recognlzed unive6i!y. The State Government wil provldefi nadcelsuppodto eachof the ro FinGhing

r43 BiosparkiThisisanove educatldnalproghmme envisa8dbyABLEtodksminatethemane sof ife s.iencsand itsappli.ations amongstudena. In llne withABLE!mandateto prcmoteresponslble biotech no og/,ihk programme,throu8h the use of creative communication media,wil demystirybiote.hnolory and.reatean intere$inyoungmindstoapp.eciatethe 5cienceof biotechnolos/. Biosparkwi lentail dseries df ectures,wo*shoPtqu zzes hand+o.e|p eriments, and irtemdivemultimed apresentationsdasigned ln a creativeand'funvhlleyou leaf n My.VGitsto biotech .ompaniesandresearchlaboratories,6se lsan opportuniiytoworkon some innruments and experimenb,wil beprovided.Theprognmmew I beguided and ere.uted by resource paBons who are expafrs in hriousf ieLdsof biotechno oS/.TheGwernmentwlll .on'idersuitablefi nancia suppofr f orthk programme.

schoolstowa.dssetungup nece$ary abinstumenc and othertechnoloB/ie ated gadgeband equipment rcquiredtotrainthestudents.statesuppodwill be imitedlo 25%olrhe.on,subjedtoa mdimum of Rsr (oreper sTFinchlngschoo.

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dcrtif.ation ofthatrsemitrmuht onspren eft i (sruula:ldrhedele.pmenior ow.ondev.-cs trnd pfo.edufesforthe rnkit ric.t oi.

rhecHc!coveri igBoard.omprres.rd {h { ent nsand{icn.. po .y m*cE. AcorplsCrantorRs5(ore,r lbemadea hbhto thsinnituton.Th.cEcwi belrou5ed nthe
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Infrastructure for Development of Biotechnology

r7. General
17.1 Bangalor lnternationalAn
n,adeava lab eover4,oooatresor

n,e{ eit r.r.adem

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LpontrPPPmodd Io*atrvlth,aB o rrra. ity

ngsetupatthe BAswthseedrund netrcmthc covemment of idia a,d 6oven,ment of Kafi arala

r6. Centre for Human Genetics

16,r

rhecenref.rHunai6ef

er

cs(ctsG)w6Frup
toaddre$exLring

ofinintcfntrt oni a rportiiDcvaiiha ,tolmrron Banealore rheRs:,ooo (orea |port sr! yrundional s n.eMay2oos t !the.ouitry!r (tgfeen r e d a rportwthapasenger.trprityDtoverr2m I iona ]earand ftemat ona ca$iacltes. thasgood .onnedivitytothecertfals!s neso *ictof Baiea ore, trp4 pl,eraLarex,a,d rhe nrmred

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3citiesnp.oposed to bein.reased.Hubi,BeCtrum
s

af d MancaL.rcAnpDrtsafebeingerpanded.rr

proposed thd airports in cu barga,shimoca, Nastrn,

andMysorcwi bcd.ve opedoiaPPPmode 17.3lTand BTHiie.hahd HiAh g rheGovemment has planstoc*abl sh 5 itegEted T/sTpiflsarouid Banea orecity rhe nt+rated rornsr p5w lbedevc opedoithe lve work P ay .of .ept iB dad,Ramanaearam,NindaCLdi,sorLr,aid srhan!i The5etowtuhipswi haveCood.onne.tivity aida.cesroh ghwaysandanports Adequatespa.ewl bc.arntrrkedfo' r&Br f dunr asandprks.The Deprrtmantof T,eTands&ThasproposedtheQttirg
upof aB

overRs36,3.0.rore(S7.2b of)to'nprove frasf!dure n.udingupCfadingroads,tugneitnC water supp!,and trpghd ncsatritdion Beside5, mqor inrrilruaure pr.je.6su.hasthe Binga ore Meto Rai,lrish{peedRai L ir,&r33 ore Mysorc Etpre$warandano lmpcriphera riigroadareat

ous$aCesorimPementatiou.

19. Insfl

tu

onat FrameworK Tor

Promoting Biotechnology
rheinnitut DnalrGmervo*w thii wr'lch t,a.bie.tlves ortheBlotec ooS,Poi.yoitheGovernmentot Karnatalawl bemet sout nedbelo!
r9,1 Depa^nent of Inf orm.rionTechnolog, aiotechnology and scienc. & Technoloey, rhe Departmentof .r.rnrat onra.hno o&i,e ot.hno oe/ ands.ien..&T..hio og/ sthecovernmantof
ntrfr e6.oicem ig rheDePartnrentpromotes biotechno ory nthesbte appr.pr areresear.h in diflcrcnt se.tore,and ays'nore cmphasisoi f e dsthatare ile yt..rcateenploymenl (arnataraDepartmentdealingwith

o rParri,,ooa(esneaf Ranan?gifam

The

i8. lmprovement/upgradation
of lnfrastiucture
13-1 rheStatehasplanstodeverop

knata.on.f Rs,77poo.rcre(s35..1 bi ion).rhe.oEfoadietworkd ber:n+ormedto neetE oba *tardsinthreephascsovdiPef odor

of 66,00o

:oyeaE IheKiinataraRoad
rmprcFmeDt Pfojedw I F

Deve oPnrent

bdfCcomFrlesandrcsear.h..n&cs. oserrhe Departmcntads*afa. litatoa.ataynandenabesthe crowthanddeve opmeniof iheb ote.hsector i

corporat on L mitedand KarnahkaStatetsbways

hmdswnh Pfivrtc

19,2 Vition Groupon Biotechnolo$AV s oiGroup on Biotechno os/was.ois !!tad to advisethe

r3.2 Karnatali;rid a!f fth'no$urban zed state, d th341".rthepopu ation iv nC ncities.Banga ore,the .ap tarof thesbre,hdbecomebcgerrheciiy corporat on,5 iuf Ldi.t on nownaids enef ded to aboutsoosq In rhe.v.agen.ies prcposcto ive*

Coven,manronpo i.y nitiativ.s.Ms.Knin Mazlmdi.shaaap oneerand eader nthssegnent n Indl:andthewof d, sthecharpe6oi.rhecrouP s3 iaid igrea&re,5eru.ed bythe Depafr mcrtof

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Depadhent of Biote.hnoloF,, Governmnt

Depadmert under the MinGtyof scien.eand

re.hnolog/in,e36 This DepartmerthECwnamw

ndla. impetus tothedevelopmentorbiotechnolog/ ts !niquef eature has beenthe deep involvementof tlre

ii

of ndia hassetapart astrn of Rs 6,5oo .roreduringihe rth Plan rorthe blote.h sedonrhe state covernmentwil take aLl nece$arynepsro see thatthestaie!po i.ietnit ativesarein.onsonan.e withthe Nat of al B otechiolog/DevelopmentsudeS/.
Tha Govarnment

country! (ient ric communitythrough a ntrmberor technicaltaskforces aid advisorycommitrees and the involvementorlndividua experts in f ormu atiod,inp ementation,and monitor nCof var ous pr%rammesanda.tivtis. Ihe Departmentof Biote.hnolog/, M nii] of s.ience and re.hno oS/,Gove.nmentorIndia, hd.ome out wthaNationalB otechno 06/Deve opmentstrateg/,

1e.4 National BiolechnoloS' Rg

(NBRA):rhe Natloia Biote.hio os/ Reculatory A!thoriry proposed to beset up r andrtory body by rh-A Departmentof Blotechnolog/, M nistryof sclen.e andle.hnolog/,Govemmentof ndia,wi lbean idependent,autonomous and prore$ onal y Led body thatw I provdeasinge-wndowmechanisnforthe sareryasessment of geneti.a yengiieered produds andpro.es6 thestateGovernmeibwi lbeactvey invo ved n NBRAa.tvtiesre atedtomonitoringand
enf orcementar we I ascommunicat on andoutreach.

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ocy.

NBRAwil promotetheenabl shment of state

creatlngceiresofEx.e enceinB otechno

8efingupbiote.hlnfEnru.t!rc.

ore.hnoro$/Adv sorycommitrees.onsistingof sraE pe6onnelfionllneDepartmena*wel aste.hn.a sperts, parti.ularlyrromtheareas of hea th and

B

Prote.tinginte ledua propeftyinpubri. tunded

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20. Biofuels
veoppodunityto nalfuels ikepeno anddiese.Biofue sarebelnCusedthewordoveras admitureswithconventionalfuakat eve sthatdonot require modinot ore n inemar.ombBtion (c) engines. Ihough pure blof uek can akobe used,this requifesmodincadonsin Cengines. n genara,blends .onbii ng2y6 b ofuek.an be effective y used, Bultlnsin owerfuel.o5t(ro%the.onof peno) withlow.po lutlnCemiss oncharaaerktics.
?0.1 Biof uels offeran attract

high e r than any land-based teire*rial .ro p. Karn atakat va.ied topography offeE many opp and growsuch a gae specles, both freshwaterand

twate. Howeve., thete.hno oS/ for.ultivating forbiofue skndwe developedand requires

sa

Cae

spe.ifi.padsof thaa galbiofue techno 06/package thatrceddevelopmentarelnthea.edof: I seectionoftherightspe.i6of algae. I DeriSnandcon{rudionof opuma.utivation
syrtams (open pondsor photobioreacloE)

20,2Brdiisthe eader

biofuelusage, where blofuek

I

havebeenusedlnautomobi esforover25yeare.Braz

Technologietoconvertthespentagalbioma$ intousefurproducts.

.urcnttproducesabout16bi I on i
fromsuCarcaneperyear,fuel ingsevera mi I on vehic es.rhe re{of thevehi. es run onTs-8o%blends
of ethadol and gaso ine.Thecountrya

msroexpo.26

20.3 TherearoppoduntiesforconveE onof

dieselrormaspubk tanspod.Thaoilseedscan be grown on wa*e ands unsu tedrorfood produdion and processing.an be undedaken bytheruE industryB o dieselakohsthe potenuaLto crate energ/ indepandentvil acrlor eierg/+taded ru.a ndia.Likewke,algre,sugar.ane,
non-ed ble oi seedstoblo

ontheotherhand,therek considehb eexpert se availab ewith n the nate in !hc area a so (ror example, thecFlRl,Mysorehassomeof the ead nSrcsearche6 iothkfie dlnhdia).TheDepadmentof B otechnolog/, Governmentoflnd a hasa 5o recogn zed algae! potentialto produce biofire sand has.ommenced sdera proarammes in!hisarea. rtisimPofr anrfo. Karnatakatoencourageaidenab ishb ofuekfrom
Caeand such 5imilar microorganG and inportant additlona source of biofue.
a

sweetsorghum,andiatophacan begood biof ue sources. workinthis areak alf eady goingon atthe lndlan Innitute of s.ience, BanCalore.
20.4 TharekanemerCingopt onforbloruekderived riomnon land bEed.ropssu.hasphltoplanrdon

whichcanbeerosn

n a

variety orwaste wateB,

phytop ankon specles ( ike 5ome phoiosyntheti.aEae

20,s Ihe covernmentof Karnataka intendstosupport and ei.ourageentepreneursiithii area.The Depadment of rT& sTwlll work in partneEh pwiihthe Depadmeniof siotechno 06/,covernmentof Indlato en.ounceentepreneursintheform of buy back agrefr ens, minimum suppod pr ce,and so on. Moda ities wlll beworked outsothatentrcpreneuB can useunut llzedgovernment andinn nareasfor qperimentation. Fufr herfr ore,cultivation of algaelor producinAb ofuekw I beencoureged nareaswith

ordiatomtaraknowntoproducea argepercentaeeor lhenbloma$asoi,which.anbeetradedand .onvefredtoblofuek. naddtion,these

m croorganl5msgrowrapidyandcanbecutivated

20.6 The Ruhl Davalopmentand Panchayat Raj

Depaf tmentof thestate hasannoun.edaBlof ul Po icy,

throughouttheyear

swel establ shedrhartheyieLd of biofuel per a.re of alga cu tivailon is severa .fo d

whichwil befollowedwhi edesigningschemesand proarammesforpromotionof biof ue s in thestate.

Bioluels offer an attra.tive opportunityto conserve and economize

conventionalfuelslikepetrol anddiesel. Biof!elsarebeingusedthe

world overas admixtureswith conventional f!els at levels that do

notrcquir ftodifi.ationsin inte rn.l .om bustio

(lc)engines.

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Ban8alore Bio,the premier biotech

t.adetuirinaia,

promoted bythe Depadmentof InfornationTechnol06/, Elotechno oB/ and Science & Technolog/ and Karnatakatvisioi croup on Biotechnolog/. Held since 2oor,theevent has been growlngrromstneihto

sp.ific theme, hundreds of conference delegales, and tensof thousands of busins,a.ad

Banealoresiohashostedrarsebusine;sde esruons

lromseveral.ounrlas includingAlsral 4France,

Germany, Holland,Sing!Pore,spain

Ith& re.eivedan ovetuhe mingresponsefrom delegates, dhibito6,s.intcs,aid Governmentsf rom acro$rheg obe.Theevenrhosts an lnternationa tade
s

UK,andthe UsA-with whom sevehl country pannechip initiauveshavebeen sl8ned by Indlan com pan i6 an d reseafch n etitute5. The eve nt enabls

how, cEo conclave, Poser se$ion,

u ti-t rack

nternational conrerence, agriblote.h

day, awards

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B2Bfo.um,indunrytik,and careerforum.
Dlstingukhed personalitiessuchar.rnion Mincte6,

dew opme nt ah ona va.io us n wilh lead ing governmentofi icia s. Flundredsof one'on onebusiness meetings for potential .ol aboat on s, padn e6h iPs and al iancestake p aceattheevent.
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atio ns an d etrective nteradio

nere,Amba*ado6f rom prominentblotech countrles,andem nentscienrGts in.ludinSNobel Laureates havepafrlcipatedineachyearsed tionor theBanaalofeB o,Everyyear,theeventhashada
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