Lok Sabha Question No. 6165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Brain Drain
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4/4/2018

## BRAIN DRAIN

6165. SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ +ÉÉè® |ÉÉètÉÉäÉÊMÉBÉEÉÒ àÉÆjÉÉÒ be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has taken serious note on the Brain Drain issue affecting the developments in Science and Technology;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the Government's reaction on this issue;

(c) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  and  to  retain  the  scientific  community  and  young scientists in the country;

(d) whether scientists studied  and qualified  from premier  research  centres  including  the IITs prefer  to  take up jobs in various foreign countries; and

(e) if  so,  the  details thereof and the measures taken by the Government in this regard to reduce Brain Drain in scientific community? not followed in recruitment by SCTIMST and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES AND MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN) ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ +ÉÉè® |ÉÉètÉÉäÉÊMÉBÉEÉÒ àÉÆjÉÉÒ, {Éßl´ÉÉÒ ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ àÉÆjÉÉÒ +ÉÉè® {ÉªÉÉÇ´É®hÉ, ´ÉxÉ A´ÉÆ VÉãÉ´ÉÉªÉÖ {ÉÉÊ®´ÉiÉÇxÉ àÉÆjÉÉÒ

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(a) & (b):   No significant brain drain which is to the extent of affecting the developments in Science and Technology has been observed by the Union Government. (c) Government  has  taken  several  measures  to  encourage  and  to  retain  the  scientific  community  and  young scientists  in  the  country.  The  extramural  funding  schemes  of  Department  of  Science  and  Technology  (DST)  and Department  of  Biotechnology  (DBT)  and  Fellowship  schemes  of  DST,  DBT  and  Council  Scientific  and  Industrial Research (CSIR) have been designed to encourage individual scientists to do quality research. Schemes / Programmes such  as  Fund  for  improvement  of  S&T  infrastructures  in  universities  and  higher  educational  institutions  (FIST)  to build research infrastructure for enhancing research capabilities, Core Research Grant, Research fellowships such as JC  Bose  and  Swarnajayanti  are  targeted  at  scientific  community  to  continue  global  level  research  in  the  country. Special attention has been given to young scientists for making them independent and motivate them to remain in the country through schemes like Early Career Research Award, National Postdoctoral Fellowship etc. (d) & (e): Government is aware of the fact that a few scientists studied and qualified from premier research centres including  the  IITs  prefer  to  take  up  jobs  in  various  foreign  countries  due  to  socio-economic  and  personal  reasons. Several steps have been taken by the Government to arrest the brain drain. The recently approved Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) scheme of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) offers attractive research fellowship to potential students from Indian Institute of Science/ IITs/ National Institute of Technology/ Indian Institute of  Science  Education  and  Research  /  Indian  Institute  of  Information  Technology  to  undertake  doctoral  research in cutting edge science and technology domains. The Flexible Complementing Scheme / Merit based promotion scheme positioned in scientific departments and the implementation of the VII Pay Commission pay scale and introduction of Performance  Related  Incentive  Scheme  (PRIS)  in  strategic  Departments  have  attracted  scientists  to  remain  in  the country.  In addition to incentivization schemes like sharing of proceeds with scientists from contractual R&D; and consultancy  and  premia  &  royalty  received  from  the  transfer  of  technology,  the  Government  has  several  welfare programmes to contain brain-drain in scientific community.

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