GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3854
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11TH AUGUST, 2026/ SHRAVANA 20, 1948 (SAKA)
INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE
†3854. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the steps taken by the Government for setting up an institute of national
importance in the field of forensic science along with the...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3854 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11TH AUGUST, 2026/ SHRAVANA 20, 1948 (SAKA) INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE †3854. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the steps taken by the Government for setting up an institute of national importance in the field of forensic science along with the details thereof; and
(b) whether the Government proposes to set up the said institute in various States and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)
(a) The Government has set up the National Forensic Sciences University
(NFSU) under the Act of the Parliament in the year 2020 as an Institution of National Importance to facilitate and promote studies and research and to achieve excellence in the field of forensic science in conjunction with applied behavioural science studies, law, criminology and other allied areas and technology and other related fields.-2- L.S.US.Q.NO. 3854 FOR 11.08.2026
(b) Apart from the initial campuses of the NFSU in Gandhinagar (Gujarat) and Delhi, approval has been given for setting up of 14 additional campuses of the NFSU in Goa, Agartala (Tripura), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Dharwad
(Karnataka), Guwahati (Assam), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Khordha (Odisha), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Chengalpattu (Tamil Nadu), Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. The NFSU has also set up training academies in Imphal (Manipur) and Pune (Maharashtra).
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