India, Feb. 14 -- image credit- pib

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Science & Technology,Dr Jitendra Singh has announced the first national call for BIRAC-RDI Fund to promote high-impact Biotechnology innovations under the Government of India's Rs 1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) initiative.

Referring to the emerging areas, the Minister said that India has already forayed into areas like space biotechnology and is preparing for future areas such as space medicine. Biotechnology experiments are being carried out in space using domestically developed kits, including plant science and life sciences research. He said, such efforts position India to contribute knowledge and applications of global relevanc...