Union Minister, Dr. Jitendra Singh has inaugurated North India's First Biotech Park at Ghatti, Kathua district, J&K. The Minister said that Kathua is, because of its resource richness with diversity as well as its geographical location, destined to be North India's StartUp destination.

• The Industrial Biotech Park at Kathua will transform the economy and enable scientists to tackle the challenges of climate change. The enabling infrastructure will fuel a new wave of innovation and impact various sectors, from health and agriculture to cosmetics and materials.
• With new biotech capabilities and innovation, J&K, bestowed with more than 3500 medicinal plant species, will be able to harness market advantages in the most effective way and help the farmers to generate more income, asserted the Lt Governor.
• The new Industrial Development Scheme has enabled J&K to fetch investment of more than Rs 38,800 crore as of date, which also includes proposals of 338 industrial units associated with the biotech sector in some way or the other.