National biotechnology development strategy 2021- 2025: knowledge and innovation driven bio-economy

Over the last few years, India has seen a very encouraging growth in the Biotechnology Sector.
This has been primarily due to a strong foundation, which has been established over few
decades from research and education to translation and product development. An effort has
been made to engage with all stake holders and provide not just financial support but bring in
key policy changes with strong enablers and drivers for this ecosystem.
The Department of Biotechnology, which was setup in 1986, laid out its first Vision Document in
2000 and the Biotechnology Strategy in 2007 and then the Biotech Strategy-II in 2015. Through
these Vision and Strategy documents over 20 years the effort has been to create a strong
enabling environment to promote the growth of the sector and to ensure that the technologies
and products developed through the intervention of cutting edge frontier Biotechnologies are
delivered in the service of human kind.