Our research funding system is skewed and laced with bureaucratic hurdles”, says Dr. Pratima Murthy, Founding Director of Science Gallery "I want to thank the taxpayers—much of our funding for research comes from them. The challenge isn’t a lack of funds but proper management.”,
paying increased attention to rare diseases; allocation for treatment hiked to Rs 82 crore, up from zero just three years ago Successfully meeting the challenge of SMA would provide a model for effectively tackling other rare diseases in the country Rare diseases are receiving
