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North India’s first Industrial Biotech Park inaugurated at Kathua in J&K

North India’s first Industrial Biotech Park inaugurated at Kathua in J&K
North India’s first Industrial Biotech Park inaugurated at Kathua in J&K
  • Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha and Union minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the north India’s first Industrial Biotech Park constructed at Ghatti near Kathua.
  • The Industrial Biotech Park at Kathua will transform the economy and enable scientists to tackle the challenges of climate change. The enabling infrastructure will fuel a new wave of innovation and impact various sectors, from health and agriculture to cosmetics and materials.
  • With new biotech capabilities and innovation, J&K, bestowed with more than 3500 medicinal plant species, will be able to harness market advantages in the most effective way and help the farmers to generate more income, asserted the Lt Governor.
  • The new Industrial Development Scheme has enabled J&K to fetch investment of more than Rs. 38,800 crore as of date, which also includes proposals of 338 industrial units associated with the biotech sector in some way or the other.

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Published date : 31 May 2022 05:37PM

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