In news- The Union Minister of State (IC) Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh recently launched a Single National Portal for Biotech researchers and Start-ups- BioRRAP.
About the portal-
- The Portal “BioRRAP” will cater to all those seeking regulatory approval for biological research & development activity in the country and thus offer a huge relief for “Ease of Science as well as Ease of Business”.
- The Portal will also allow stakeholders to see the approvals accorded against a particular application through a unique BioRRAP ID.
- The portal will serve as a gateway and will help researchers to see the stage of approval of their applications for regulatory clearances and to see preliminary information on all the research work being undertaken by the particular researcher and/or organisation.
- It acts as a repository of the research works being undertaken by our researchers working in the public and private sector.
- This portal is dedicated only for research related activities and not for product development.
About BioRRAP ID-
- BioRRAP ID is a unique ID generated when a research proposal is submitted on this portal.
- The status of research proposal applications submitted to various regulatory agencies would be visible to the applicant using this ID.
- A list of regulatory agencies issuing requisite approvals relevant to the submitted biological research proposal is attached to the BioRRAP ID.
Source: PIB
