NITI Aayog launches roadmap to build India as a leading bioeconomy powerhouse by 2035
NITI Aayog has launched a roadmap to expand India’s bioeconomy through biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and biomanufacturing by 2035.
- NITI Aayog launched the Roadmap for Building India as a Leading Bioeconomy Powerhouse by 2035 at the National Media Centre, New Delhi.
- India’s bioeconomy is stated to have expanded from $10 billion in 2014 to $195.3 billion in 2025.
- The roadmap targets a $691 billion bioeconomy by 2035 and a $2.6 trillion bioeconomy by 2047.
- The roadmap proposes six National BioMissions: GeneIndia, AgriBio 2.0, BioX Foundry, One Health Grid, Marine Biotechnology, and BioPharmaNext.
What happened
NITI Aayog launched the Roadmap for Building India as a Leading Bioeconomy Powerhouse by 2035 at the National Media Centre, New Delhi. The roadmap is a mission-mode strategy to position India as a leading global bioeconomy powerhouse by 2035.
The roadmap was developed by the NITI Frontier Tech Hub in consultation with the Department of Biotechnology, the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), industry, academia, and other stakeholders.
India’s bioeconomy roadmap can be framed as a GS3 issue on biotechnology-led industrial growth, the conversion of research into commercial biomanufacturing, and the use of artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery and reduce costs.
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