Lok Sabha Question No. 1984 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Assistance to NGOs
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: TARIQ ANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1984 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7/3/2018

## ASSISTANCE TO NGOs

## †1984.  SHRI TARIQ ANWAR:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

(a) the  names  of  the  schemes  under  which  the  Non-Governmental  Organisations  (NGOs)  are  getting assistance;

(b) the details of the amount of funds provided to the NGOs during the last three years;

(c) whether the Government is satisfied with the working of the NGOs; and

(d) if not, the action taken by the Government against them along with the names of such NGOs?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDHARY) òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

## (gÉÉÒ ´ÉÉ<Ç. AºÉ. SÉÉèvÉ®ÉÒ)

(a) Ministry of Science and Technology through its various constituents namely Department of Science and  Technology  (DST),  Department  of  Biotechnology  (DBT)  and  Department  of  Scientific  &  Industrial Research  (DSIR)  are  providing  assistance  to  Non-Governmental  Organizations  (NGOs)  under  various schemes.  DST  is  providing  assistance  to  NGOs  under  its  Central  Sector  schemes  such  as  'Innovation, Technology Development and Deployment' (which has components including Socio-Economic Development; S&T  Communication  and  Popularization;  Innovation  S&T  Entrepreneurship  Development;  Science  and Society  Program;  Waste  Management  Technology  Program;  Technology  System  Development  Program; Biomedical Device and Technology Development Program; Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program; National  Spatial  Data  Infrastructure    Program; Scheduled  Caste  Sub  Plan  and  Tribal  Sub  Plan),  'S&T Institutional and Human Capacity Building' (which includes State S&T Program and Disha Programme for Women in Science), and 'Research and Development' scheme (which includes Climate Change Program and Cognitive  Science  Research Initiative).  In  the  same  vein,  DBT  is  implementing  'R&D  Biotechnology based  Programme  for  Societal  Development  (Rural,  SC&ST,  Women  program)'  through  NGOs,  while DSIR  provides  financial  support  to  NGOs  under  the  scheme  'Technology  Development  &  Utilization programme for Women'.

(b) During  the  last  three  years  2014-15,  2015-16  and  2016-17,  Rs.38.01  crore,  Rs.78.26  crore  and Rs.81.81 crore respectively had been provided to NGOs.

(c) & (d):  Yes, Madam. Government is satisfied with the working of the NGOs receiving financial support from the Ministry. The progress of the projects supported is monitored at regular intervals by respective Committee of Experts constituted for the purpose by the Government. The recommendations made by the Committee  of  Experts  are  communicated  to  the  NGOs  for  taking  appropriate  action  and  mid-course corrections, if any, during implementation of the projects. Thus no action is warranted against the NGOs getting support from the Ministry.

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