Cabinet nod to Rs 1,000 cr Nano Mission

New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) The Union Cabinet today approved the launch of a Mission on Nano Science and Technology with an allocation of Rs 1,000 crore for five years.

The Nano Mission will strive for development of products and processes particularly in safe drinking water and drug delivery, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting that gave the approval.

For this, it will forge linkages between educational and research institutions and industry, and promote public-private partnership.

International collaborative research efforts will also be made wherever required.

The Department of Science and Technology will be the nodal agency for implementing the Mission.

Capacity-building in this upcoming area of research will be of utmost importance for the Mission so that India emerges as a global knowledge hub in this field also.

For this, research on fundamental aspects of Nano Science and training of large number of manpower will receive prime attention.

The Mission has been structured in a fashion so as to achieve synergy between the national research efforts of various agencies in Nano Science and Technology, and launch new programmes in a concerted fashion.

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