Lok Sabha Question No. 343 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Setting up of Science Cities
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 343 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.2.2018

## SUB: SETTING UP OF SCIENCE CITIES

343. Shri Nishikant Dubey: Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a)    the details of Science cities set up  in the country, State/UT- wise;
2. (b)   whether the Government proposes to establish more Science Centres/Cities/museums under the National Council of Science  Museums in all the States of the country;
3. (c)   if so, the details thereof along with their present status, State/UT- wise; and
4. (d) the  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned,  released  and  utilized  to  set  up    these Centres/Cities  during  the  last  three  years  and  the    current  year,  State/UTwise?

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## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR CULTURE, MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST & CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

## ANSWER

- (a)  The details of Science Cities set up in the country are as under.
1. Science City, Kolkata, West Bengal
2. Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurtala, Punjab
3. Science City,  Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4. Regional Science City, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- (b)  &(c)  The  Ministry  of  Culture  operates  Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Culture  of Science (SPOCS) which  provides for setting up of Science Cities and Science Centres in all the States of the country subject to availability of funds for the purpose. States willing to avail of this Scheme have to provide land and share the cost of setting up of facility and corpus for upkeep and maintenance. The list  of  Science  Centres/Cities  being  set  up/proposed  to  be  set  up  through National Council of Science Museums with present status is at Annexure 'A'.
- (d) The details of the funds sanctioned & released   and utilization thereof to set up science centres/science cities during the last three years and current year are at Annexure 'B'

## List of Science Cities/Centres being set up/proposed to be set up in the country and present status

|   Sl. No. | Name of Science City/Science Centre           | Location of the project (Name of State/ Union Territory)   | Present status     |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Science City, Guwahati                        | Assam                                                      | Ongoing            |
|         2 | Regional Science Centre, Kottayam             | Kerala                                                     | Nearing completion |
|         3 | Regional Science Centre, Mysore               | Karnataka                                                  | Ongoing            |
|         4 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Palampur         | Himachal Pradesh                                           | Ongoing            |
|         5 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Bargarh          | Odisha                                                     | Ongoing            |
|         6 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur          | Tripura                                                    | Nearing completion |
|         7 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Gaya             | Bihar                                                      | Ongoing            |
|         8 | Sub- Regional Science Centre, Almora          | Uttarakhand                                                | Ongoing            |
|         9 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur          | Rajasthan                                                  | Ongoing            |
|        10 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Jabalpur         | Madhya Pradesh                                             | Ongoing            |
|        11 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Kokrajhar, Assam | Assam                                                      | Ongoing            |
|        12 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Mayabunder       | A&N Islands                                                | Ongoing            |
|        13 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Rajahmundry      | Andhra Pradesh                                             | Ongoing            |

## State/UT-wise statement showing details of funds released and expenditure incurred for setting up of Science Cities/Centres during the last three years and 2017-18 (upto 31.12.2017)

(Figures in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of Science City/Science Centre   | 2014-15       | 2014-15     | 2015-16       | 2015-16     | 2016-17       | 2016-17     | 2017-18 (upto December, 2017)   | 2017-18 (upto December, 2017)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of Science City/Science Centre   | Fund released | Utilisation | Fund released | Utilisation | Fund released | Utilisation | Fund released                   | Utilisation                     |
| 1         | Assam                                 | -             | -           | 146.00        | 7.59        | -             | 5.54        | -                               | 28.83                           |
| 2         | A&N Island                            | -             | -           | 100.00        | 0.12        | -             | 0.98        | -                               | 0.02                            |
| 3         | Andhra Prades                         | -             | -           | 100.00        | 0.45        | -             | 0.12        | -                               | 0.21                            |
| 4         | Bihar                                 | -             | -           | -             | -           | 50.00         | 0.55        | -                               | 3.26                            |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh                      | 100.00        | 1.22        | 150.00        | 41.15       | -             | 40.16       | -                               | 131.47                          |
| 6         | Karnataka                             | 100.00        | 7.81        | -             | 117.03      | -             | 27.84       | -                               | 0.30                            |
| 7         | Kerala                                | 100.00        | 23.73       | -             | 174.20      | -             | 209.86      | -                               | 109.47                          |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh                        | -             | -           | 100.00        | 0.50        | -             | -           | -                               | -                               |
| 9         | Odisha                                | 50.00         | 39.27       | -             | 39.10       | -             | 82.31       | -                               | 113.48                          |
| 10        | Rajasthan                             | -             | -           | 100.00        | 0.15        | -             | 0.05        | -                               | 0.22                            |
| 11        | Tripura                               | 170.00        | 39.26       | -             | 88.42       | 135.00        | 97.06       | -                               | 73.23                           |
| 12        | Uttarakhand                           | -             | -           | 100.00        | 0.37        | -             | 0.77        | -                               | 0.38                            |