Madhya Pradesh’s First Biotechnology Park in Amlibhat and Barkheda

Madhya Pradesh's Science and Technology and MSME Minister, Omprakash Sakhalecha, announced on September 26, 2023, that the state's first bio-technology park will be established in Amlibhat and Barkheda villages of Javad in Neemuch district. The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has recently approved the park's construction.

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The park will span approximately 40 acres of land and cost around Rs 50 crore. According to Minister Sakhlecha, the park will serve as a significant research and development center and create millions of jobs through technology transfer to industries.

• The park, established under the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India's  ‘National Biotechnology Parks Scheme’, is a gift for Neemuch and the entire state, including new entrepreneurs and industries. 
• This will be the country's ninth park, providing research-based development technology and vital to biotechnologies' commercialization.
• The park aims to promote innovative research and development activities in biotechnology by setting up eight high-level laboratories, including a phytopharmaceutical and drug discovery laboratory, herbal formulation, plant tissue culture, quality control and quality assurance, microbial biotechnology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and fortified food laboratory.
• The park will also prepare incubators, entrepreneurs, and innovations of the state for start-ups so that they can begin a business in the biotech sector through incubation centers and parks. The Biotech Park will be an excellent platform to promote micro and medium-scale biotech entrepreneurs, in which parks and biotech incubation centers can start biotech start-ups and entrepreneurs' biotech product companies through the partnership of public enterprises.
• Additionally, the park will provide skill training and many employment opportunities.