Rs.100-crore Central grant for RGCB
The Central government has announced a Rs.100-crore special grant to the Thiruvananthapuram-based Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) which was taken over by the Department of Biotechnology on April 1, 2007. The money is to be spent over three years. Orders have been issued to release Rs.25 crore this year as the first instalment. The announcement was made by Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal at a conference of State Science and Technology Ministers here on Monday. Fund utilisation G. Mahadevan adds from Thiruvananthapuram: