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What is the News?
The Union Minister of Earth Sciences has launched the “AmritGrand Challenge Program” titled “जनCARE”. He also addressed the 10th Biotech Innovators Meet.
What is the “AmritGrand Challenge Program” titled “जनCARE”?
The challenge aims to identify 75 startup innovations in telemedicine, digital health, mHealth with BIG Data, AI, blockchain and other technologies.
What is the 10th Biotech Innovators Meet?
Organized by: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council(BIRAC).
Theme: “Vigyan se Vikash”
What is the Bio Economy?
The term BioEconomy generally refers to an economy that uses renewable natural resources to produce food, energy, products and services. The important renewable natural resources include the biomass in forests, soil, fields, bodies of water and the sea and freshwater.
The Bio Economy sector has huge growth potential. It will more than double from 70 billion dollars at present to 150 billion dollars by 2025.
Hence, BIRAC has established 60 world-class Bio-incubators in the country to engage with Startups and young entrepreneurs in the Bio economy sector.
Source: This post is based on the article “Union Minister launches the Amrit Grand Challenge Program titled जनCARE” published in PIB on 28th Sep 2021.
