By IANS,
New Delhi: The government is preparing a bill to establish a DNA data bank and set standards for DNA profiling, parliament was informed Tuesday.
“The department of biotechnology in association with the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, is in the process of piloting the human DNA profiling bill for parliamentary enactment to regulate various issues – establishment of DNA data bank, setting of standards, quality control, quality assurance,” Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
“The bill is yet to be introduced in parliament. At present, the legal status of DNA fingerprinting is that it is accepted as evidence in Indian courts of law and DNA diagnosis tests are governed by extant laws of the country,” he said.