The Union Government has given its consent to set up National Institute of Biotic Stress Management (NIBSM) in Chhattisgarh.
“Many states were in the race to get the project and the Union Government gave its consent to set up the institute in Chhattisgarh,” state's agriculture minister Chandrashekhar Sahu said.
“This will be the first institute to address the impact of biotic stresses and harness potentials of emerging tools of biotechnology in agriculture," Sahu said.
The state government has allotted 105 acres of land for the institute in Baronda, about 25 km from Raipur. The Union Government will allot Rs 250 crore for the first phase of setting up the institute.
According to the agriculture university officials, the institute will be under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).