The Anthropological Survey of India (ANSI) intends to utilize direct re-sequencing of haploid genomes to better comprehend the genetic diversity of Indian populations across various ethnic groups in various parts of India. The culture ministry is set to study the ‘racial purity’ of Indians.
The Ministry of Culture is collecting a variety of DNA profiling kits and accompanying cutting-edge machinery in order to establish genetic background and "trace the purity of races in India."
The acquisition process started recently, according to government sources, just after a meeting between Ministry of Culture Secretary Govind Mohan and well-known archaeologist Professor Vasant S Shinde, as well as high ranking researchers and scholars from the Lucknow-based Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleosciences (BSIP) in Hyderabad two months ago, reports The New Indian Express.
Shinde is a director of the Rakhigarhi Research Project and an adjunct professor at Bangalore's National Institute o...