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SME Times News Bureau | 21 Nov, 2019

Union Minister for Science & Technology Harsh Vardhanhas said India has the potential to emerge as the world’s top industry destination in biotechnology sector.

Addressing the Inaugural function of the 3-day Global Bio-India Summit, 2019 in New Delhi on Thursday, Harsh Vardhan said India has the expertise and the biotechnology sector has witnessed exponential growth in recent decades.

Government has encouraged the sector by setting up hundreds of Biotechnology Parks and Incubators while thousands of Start-ups have been supported by the Government, he added.

Harsh Vardhan said the Prime Minister has set a target of making India the top country in Science & Technology by 2030.

As compared to 5% growth in scientific publications worldwide, India has notched a growth of 14% in this sphere, he said.

“We have developed a number of vaccines and the rotavirus vaccine is now a part of the National Immunization programme, besides our laboratories have also produced vaccines against dengue and malaria. We are No.3 in Nanotechnology and our Tsunami Early Warning System has been ranked No.1 in the world”, he added.

Vardhan said India plays a pioneering role in the UN sponsored Mission Innovation (MI) programme and is the leading country in three MI challenges on Smart Grids, Off-Grid Access to Electricity and Sustainable Biofuels.

He said we are a “Changed India” today, and as Shri Narendra Modi has aimed, we will make a “New India” by 2022 and finally we aim to be the world leader, “Vishwa Guru”.

Vardhan said Biotechnology serves mankind helping in to move towards a biotechnology-led economy, transforming as many lives as possible, creating opportunities and promising development for all.

He encouraged young innovators and entrepreneurs in the Biotech sector to come forward for the development of the country.

“Government of India will support and assist their ideas to make it a reality. He said, as per the vision of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the wave of Information Technology 20 years ago is India Today and Biotechnology is the India tomorrow”, he said.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said the Government has set a target to achieve 20% ethanol blending of automotive fuels. “When we took charge ethanol blending was less than 1%, today it has increased to 6% and further we have targettedto achieve 20% ethanol blending”, he said.

Pradhan said we are committed to work towards greater decarbonisation and make India a gas based economy. Bio-energy will play an important role in this, he said.

“Through innovations developed by our bio-energy scientists we are now working on utilising waste biomass by converting it into Biofuels. With 600MT of biomass, which can be used as raw material, India remains the only country with highest scope for growth of Biofuels”, he added.

“In future ethanol will be produced from raw materials like, excess food grains, to help transform our 'Annadatas' to 'Urjadatas.'With 600MT of biomass, which can be used as raw material, India remains the only country with highest scope for growth of Biofuels”, said Pradhan.

Harsh Vardhan and Dharmendra Pradhan later inaugurated the Global Bio-India Exhibition.

 
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