Research in the domestic agri-biotech industry seems to be strangled by multiple ministries and state governments, with both public and private sector companies grappling to tackle contrasting regulations. The biotech industry has been demanding the creation of a single regulator in contrast to current three — the ministry of agriculture, the ministry of environment and forests and the ministry of science and technology. The industry is of the view that if the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill is passed, there will be a predictable regulatory mechanism.