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1. INDIA
Collection/compilation agency: Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
Collection/compilation type: Annual Budget Papers of the Department
Variables: Budgetary allocations to Department of Biotechnology
Scope: Government sector, public institutes
Frequency: Annual
Periodicity: Annual
Classification used: Field of Research
Definition used: No definition is used
Output: Annual Report 2003-04, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
Contact comments: Not all the heads of budgetary expenditure clearly identify the nature of biotechnology thus leading to overlapping of data.
Future plans (plans for new collections, strategies, experiences,etc.): Government is considering the proposal to launch a detailed survey based on the work programme at the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD).
Contact details: http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/aboutdbt/overviewmain.html
2. INDIA
Collection/compilation agency: Biotechnology Consortium India Limited (BCIL)
Collection/compilation type: Directory
Variables:
- Name of establishment
- Address
- Biotechnology Sector
- Foreign Alliance
- R&D Expenditure
- Patents
Scope: Firms engaged in biotechnology R&D, services and production
Frequency: Occasional (1992, 1995, 2001, 2003)
Periodicity: N/A
Classification used: Every industrial unit and institute is classified into the following categories:
- Agriculture
- Bioinformatics
- Biotechnology Park
- Contact Services
- Environment
- Equipment
- Health Care
- Industrial Biotechnology
Definition used: N/A
Output: Directory of Biotechnology Industries and Institutions in India 4th Edition, BCIL, New Delhi.
Contact comments: Since the definition used is not clear it becomes likely that the data may be double counted and firms active in more than one sector may be missing.
Future plans (plans for new collections, strategies, experiences etc): N/A
Contact details: http://www.biotech.co.in
3. INDIA
Collection/compilation agency: Patent Facilitating Centre, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Collection/compilation type: Patent applications
Variables: Patent applications
Scope: All Sectors
Frequency: N/A
Periodicity: N/A
Classification used: N/A
Definition used: No definition is used
Output: News letters and sector specific reports
Contact comments: PFC is a recently established entity which has taken up the work on patents applied in different areas. Biotechnology is one of the areas in which they are planning to initiate a work programme. Recently PFC finished a study on micro-organisms.
Future plans (plans for new collections, strategies, experiences etc.): N/A
Contact details: http://www.tifac.org.in/
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