Lok Sabha Question No. 6266 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Atal Innovation Mission
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6266 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## ATAL INNOVATION MISSION

## 6266.   SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

Will the MINISTER OF PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formed important committees in NITI Aayog in different spheres of Research and Planning;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with their composition, roles and responsibilities;
- (c) whether the Government has earmarked substantial funds for the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM);
- (d) if  so,  the details thereof and the projects sanctioned under the mission during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the present status of the appointment of Research Officers and Research Assistants and other posts in the NITI Aayog?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)& (b):  After its formation on January 1, 2015, NITI Aayog formed following Committees in different spheres of research and studies for achievement of the country's developmental objectives:

1. Research Evaluation Committee for Consultancy by Nomination (RECCN).
2. Research Evaluation Committee (REC) (for Consultancy by Empanelment and Advertisement).
3. Seminar Evaluation Committee (SEC) (both for national and international seminars/conferences/workshops).
4. Logo Evaluation Committee (LEC).
5. NITI Fellowship Committee (NFC).

Details of composition, role & responsibilities of the Committees are as under:

## 1. Research Evaluation Committee for Consultancy by Nomination (RECCN)

Composition :  This  committee comprises of Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog as Chairperson. The other members of the Committee are all the Members of NITI Aayog, CEO, Additional Secretaries, Adviser of the concerned Subject Matter Vertical and Adviser (Research) of NITI Aayog.

Role & Responsibility: This includes (a) evaluating research proposals to be considered under consultancy by nomination; (b) reducing or increasing any of the budget in the financial proposal of the research studies under nomination, (c) relaxing the ceiling in exceptional cases depending upon the specific requirement.

## 2. Research Evaluation Committee (REC):

Composition : This Committee comprises of Additional Secretary as chairperson with Adviser (Research) and Adviser of the concerned subject matter vertical as its Members.

Role & Responsibility: This includes (a) opening and evaluating the technical and financial bids of the research studies under consultancy by Empanelment and consultancy through Advertisement; (ii) looking into Black Listing or debarring any organizations from receiving any grant from NITI Aayog for a specific period if there is any breach of terms and conditions laid down in the letter of the approval of the concerned Research Proposal/Study.

## 3. Seminar Evaluation Committee (SEC):

Composition: Additional Secretary as chairperson with Adviser (Research) and Adviser of the concerned subject matter vertical as the Members.

Role & Responsibility: To examine the technical and financial cost of the proposals and for making a suitable recommendation on the budget and technical part of the event.

## 4. Logo Evaluation Committee (LEC):

Composition: The  Additional  Secretary  is  the  Chairman  with  Adviser  (Research)  and  Adviser  of  the concerned subject matter vertical as Members.

Role & Responsibility: To evaluate the suitability of permitting use of Logo of NITI Aayog for the events such as Seminars/ conferences/ workshops/ summits/ symposium/ exhibitions/ annual functions etc.

## 5. NITI Fellowship Committee (NFC):

Composition: The Additional Secretary is the chairperson with Adviser (Research) and Adviser of the concerned subject matter vertical as the Members.

Role & Responsibility: To give a suitable recommendation for awarding NITI Fellowship to the individual research scholars to conduct a specific study or survey in a limited time period.

(c)& (d): Atal Innovation Mission is a new programme approved by the Cabinet on February 24, 2016. A budget allocation of Rs. 77.15 crore was sanctioned in 2016-17 (R.E.) Further, a budget allocation of Rs. 112 crore has been kept in 2017-18 (B.E.). The Mission has sanctioned 457 Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools and provided scale up support to 6 Established Incubation Centres in 2016-17. The list of the projects sanctioned by the Mission is at Annex I.

- (e):     The present status of the appointment of Research Officers and Research Assistants and other posts in the NITI Aayog is at Annex II, Annex III and Annex IV.

## List of Projects sanctioned under Atal Innovation Mission

## State/UT Wise distribution of sanctioned ATLs

| Sl. No.   | Name of State / UTs        |   Number of ATLs Sanctioned |
|-----------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Delhi                      |                          43 |
| 2         | Maharashtra                |                          42 |
| 3         | Tamil Nadu                 |                          41 |
| 4         | Uttar Pradesh              |                          33 |
| 5         | Karnataka                  |                          30 |
| 6         | Kerala                     |                          29 |
| 7         | Haryana                    |                          22 |
| 8         | West Bengal                |                          21 |
| 9         | Assam                      |                          18 |
| 10        | Gujarat                    |                          18 |
| 11        | Punjab                     |                          17 |
| 12        | Telangana                  |                          17 |
| 13        | Andhra Pradesh             |                          13 |
| 14        | Chhattisgarh               |                          12 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh             |                          11 |
| 16        | Rajasthan                  |                          11 |
| 17        | Chandigarh                 |                          10 |
| 18        | Goa                        |                          10 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand                |                          10 |
| 20        | Sikkim                     |                           8 |
| 21        | Bihar                      |                           7 |
| 22        | Odisha                     |                           7 |
| 23        | Himachal Pradesh           |                           4 |
| 24        | Jharkhand                  |                           4 |
| 25        | Arunachal Pradesh          |                           3 |
| 26        | Manipur                    |                           3 |
| 27        | Meghalaya                  |                           3 |
| 28        | Puducherry                 |                           3 |
| 29        | Andaman and Nicobar Island |                           2 |
| 30        | Jammu and Kashmir          |                           2 |
| 31        | Mizoram                    |                           2 |
| 32        | Tripura                    |                           1 |
|           | Total                      |                         457 |

## (A) Scale up support to Established Incubation Centres

|   Sl. No. | Name of Incubation Centres                                                                        | State      |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|         1 | TREC STEP Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College, Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park | Tamil Nadu |
|         2 | Ninety One Springboard Group                                                                      | Delhi      |
|         3 | Amrita Technology Business Incubator, Kollam                                                      | Kerala     |
|         4 | Bio-Incubator Centre at CCAMP, Bangalore                                                          | Karnataka  |
|         5 | Livelihoods Consulting India Limited, Hyderabad                                                   | Telangana  |
|         6 | NSRCEL, Bangalore                                                                                 | Karnataka  |

| Ministry   | Name of the post                                                                                   | Service/Cadre to which the post belongs                                                            | Sanctioned Strength                                                                                | In position                                                                                        | Remarks                                                                                                                                                           |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| NITI Aayog | Pr.Adviser/Sr. Adviser/Adviser                                                                     | Central Staffing Scheme                                                                            | 8                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                  | DO letter has been issued to EO Division, DoPTfor filling up these two vacant posts.                                                                              |
| NITI Aayog | Adviser                                                                                            | General Central Service                                                                            | 17                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                  | Consequent upon restructuring of NITI Aayog, the framing of RRs are under process. Once the RRs are finalized, recruitment to the vacant posts will be initiated. |
| NITI Aayog | Joint Adviser and Deputy Adviser                                                                   | General Central Service                                                                            | 40 (combined strength)                                                                             | 29*                                                                                                | Do                                                                                                                                                                |
| NITI Aayog | *14 Officers of IES and ISS cadre are on deputation against NITI Aayog's own posts (JA/DA of GCS). | *14 Officers of IES and ISS cadre are on deputation against NITI Aayog's own posts (JA/DA of GCS). | *14 Officers of IES and ISS cadre are on deputation against NITI Aayog's own posts (JA/DA of GCS). | *14 Officers of IES and ISS cadre are on deputation against NITI Aayog's own posts (JA/DA of GCS). | *14 Officers of IES and ISS cadre are on deputation against NITI Aayog's own posts (JA/DA of GCS).                                                                |
| NITI Aayog | DS/Director                                                                                        | Central Staffing Scheme                                                                            | 15                                                                                                 | 8#                                                                                                 | #One post is upgraded to Adviser (JS level). Vacancies intimated to DoPT                                                                                          |
| NITI Aayog | DS/Director                                                                                        | Central Secretariat Service                                                                        | 6                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                                 |
| NITI Aayog | Under Secretary                                                                                    | Central Secretariat Service                                                                        | 10                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                  | Appointments are conducted by DoPT                                                                                                                                |
| NITI Aayog | CLDO                                                                                               | GCS                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                                 |

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Post                                         |   Sanctione d Strength | Incumbents   | Vacanc y   | Remarks                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Senior Research Officer [General Central Services (GCS)] |                     31 | 20(15+5*)    | 11         | 12 Research Assistants have been engaged on contract basis to counter the exigency of work due to existing vacancies in the grade Research Officer/ Senior Research Officer/ Deputy Adviser. |
|         2 | Research Officer(GCS)                                    |                     15 | 09           | 06         | 12 Research Assistants have been engaged on contract basis to counter the exigency of work due to existing vacancies in the grade Research Officer/ Senior Research Officer/ Deputy Adviser. |
|         3 | Economic Officer                                         |                     26 | 23           | 03         | 12 Research Assistants have been engaged on contract basis to counter the exigency of work due to existing vacancies in the grade Research Officer/ Senior Research Officer/ Deputy Adviser. |
|         4 | Senior Research Officer[Indian Economic Services (IES)]  |                     13 | 08           | 05         | Posts are filled up by Deptt. of Economic Affairs.                                                                                                                                           |
|         5 | Research Officer(IES)                                    |                     10 | 04           | 06         | Posts are filled up by Deptt. of Economic Affairs.                                                                                                                                           |
|         6 | Research Assistant                                       |                     00 | 03           | 00         | The posts of Research Assistants, and Carpenter have been categorized as supernumerary posts.                                                                                                |
|         7 | Carpenter                                                |                     00 | 01           | 00         | The posts of Research Assistants, and Carpenter have been categorized as supernumerary posts.                                                                                                |
|         8 | Technical Officer                                        |                     01 | 01           | 00         |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         9 | Senior Artist                                            |                     02 | 02           | 00         |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        10 | Joint Director [(Official Language (OL)]                 |                     01 | 00           | 01         | Posts are filled up by Deptt. of Official Language                                                                                                                                           |
|        11 | Asstt. Director(OL)                                      |                     01 | 01           | 00         |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        12 | Senior Hindi Translator                                  |                     02 | 02           | 00         |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        13 | Junior Hindi Translator                                  |                     02 | 02           | 00         |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        14 | Principal Staff Officer/Sr. Principal Private Secretary  |                      2 | 2            | Nil        |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        15 | Principal Private Secretary                              |                     24 | 23           | 01         | DoPT is the Cadre Controlling Authority                                                                                                                                                      |
|        16 | Private Secretary                                        |                     40 | 35           | 05         | DoPT is the Cadre Controlling Authority                                                                                                                                                      |
|        17 | Personal Assistant                                       |                     30 | 21           | 09         | DoPT is the Cadre Controlling Authority                                                                                                                                                      |
|        18 | Stenographer Grade 'D'                                   |                     33 | 30           | 03         | DoPT is the Cadre Controlling Authority                                                                                                                                                      |
|        19 | Staff Car Driver                                         |                     10 | 10+5 #       | Nil        |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        20 | Multi-Tasking Staff                                      |                     52 | 52+86 #      | Nil        |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        21 | Assistant Photostat Equipment Operator                   |                      1 | 1+1 #        | Nil        |                                                                                                                                                                                              |

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Post                      |   Sanctioned Strength |   Incumbents | Vacancy   | Remarks                                 |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | Section Officer                       |                    23 |           12 | 11        | DoPT is the Cadre Controlling Authority |
|         2 | Assistant Section Officer             |                    35 |           36 | -(01)     |                                         |
|         3 | Junior Secretariat Assistant          |                    00 |           01 | -(01)     |                                         |
|         4 | Assistant Library Information Officer |                    01 |           01 | 00        |                                         |
|         5 | Library Information Assistant         |                    04 |           02 | 02        |                                         |
|         6 | Library Clerk                         |                    02 |           02 | 00        |                                         |
|         7 | Senior Library Attendant              |                    02 |           02 | 00        |                                         |
|         8 | Accountant                            |                    01 |           01 | 00        |                                         |
|         9 | Protocol Assistant                    |                    01 |           01 | 00        |                                         |