In a major step to boost the science education and research at the higher level the centre has approved a plan to double the CSIR-JRF fellowship in the Eleventh Plan. The Union Cabinet has today approved a proposal regarding the implementation of the proposed plan.
The institution related to scientific education and research and universities will be benefited with the decision. The CSIR-JRF test is conducted twice in a year through the UGC-NET. After the implementation of the proposal 6000 additional fellowships could be granted through JRF in the Eleventh Plan for Ph.Ds.

A team of young scientists of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has finally achieved completion of the ambitious first ever Human Genome Sequencing in India. With the completion of the project India has joined the prestigious league of few countries like US, Canada, China, UK and Korea.
According to S K Brahmchari, Director General of CSIR the decoding of human genome generated over 51 Gigabase of data. He said that the Human Genome has 3.1 billion base pairs. Addressing a press conference Union Minister Prithvi Raj Chavan said that it will open new routes for low cost affordable medicine and better healthcare in the future for the common people. Vice President M.Hamid Ansari too congratulated the CSIR for the achievement.