Lok Sabha Question No. 4366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Set up of Science Museum
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## SET UP OF SCIENCE MUSEUM

4366. Kumari Shobha Karandlaje, MP

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and the details of the science museums set up in the country under  National  Council  of  Science  Museums  (NCSM),  an  autonomous body under the ministry, state/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up new science museums in the country each State/UT-wise;
- (c) if so, the locations-wise details thereof in each State/UT;
- (d) the amount likely to be spent on their set-up; and
- (e) the time by which those museums are likely to be set-up?

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

## ANSWER

- (a) National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) does not set up Science museums.  However, NCSM sets up Science Cities and Science Centres throughout  the  Country  under  the  Science  Cities  Scheme.    46  Science Centres have been set up by the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM).  Details are given at Annexure-A.
- (b) The Science Cities Scheme provides for setting up of Science Cities and Science Centres in all the States/UTs of the country subject to availability of funds for this purpose.
- (c), (d) and (e)  The location-wise details, amount likely to be spent for set up of  sanctioned  projects  and  time by  which  these  projects  are  likely  to  be completed are given at Annexure-B.

## Ännexure referred in part (a) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 4366 for reply on 12.12.2016 regarding Set up of Science Museum.

## No. of Science Centres/Cities set up by NCSM in the country

|   Sl. No. | Names of the Science Museums/Science Centres under NCSM   | State-wise location   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata          | West Bengal           |
|         2 | Science City, Kolkata                                     | West Bengal           |
|         3 | Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai                              | Maharashtra           |
|         4 | National Science Centre, Delhi                            | New Delhi             |
|         5 | Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Bangalore | Karnataka             |
|         6 | Shri Krishna Science Centre, Patna                        | Bihar                 |
|         7 | Regional Science City, Lucknow                            | Uttar Pradesh         |
|         8 | Regional Science Centre, Bhubaneswar                      | Odisha                |
|         9 | Raman Science Centre and Planetarium, Nagpur              | Maharashtra           |
|        10 | Regional Science Centre, Tirupati                         | Andhra Pradesh        |
|        11 | Regional Science Centre, Guwahati                         | Assam                 |
|        12 | Regional Science Centre, Bhopal                           | Madhya Pradesh        |
|        13 | Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Calicut            | Kerala                |
|        14 | Kurukshetra Panorama & Science Centre, Kurukshetra        | Haryana               |

|   15. | Bardhaman Science Centre, Bardhaman                    | West Bengal       |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|    16 | District Science Centre, Purulia                       | West Bengal       |
|    17 | District Science Centre, Digha                         | West Bengal       |
|    18 | North Bengal Science Centre & Planetarium, Siliguri    | West Bengal       |
|    19 | Dhenkanal Science Centre, Dhenkanal & Kapilas Sc. Park | Odisha            |
|    20 | District Science Centre & Planetarium, Dharampur       | Gujarat           |
|    21 | Goa Science Centre & Planetarium, Panaji               | Goa               |
|    22 | District Science Centre & Planetarium, Gulbarga        | Karnataka         |
|    23 | District Science Centre & Planetarium, Tirunelveli     | Tamil Nadu        |
|    24 | Science Centre, Port Blair,                            | A & N Island      |
|    25 | Mizoram Science Centre, Aizwal                         | Mizoram           |
|    26 | Nagaland Science Centre, Dimapur,                      | Nagaland          |
|    27 | Manipur Science Centre, Manipur                        | Manipur           |
|    28 | Itanagar Science Centre, Itanagar                      | Arunachal Pradesh |
|    29 | Shillong Science Centre, Shillong,                     | Meghalaya         |
|    30 | Sikkim Science Centre & Planetarium, Gangtok           | Sikkim            |
|    31 | Sub-Regional Science Centres, Kalimpong                | West Bengal       |
|    32 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Solapur                   | Maharashtra       |
|    33 | Regional Science Centre, Ranchi                        | Jharkhand         |
|    34 | Regional Science Centre, Dharwad                       | Karnataka         |

|   35. | Regional Science Centre, Raipur                       | Chhattisgarh   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|    36 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama, Amritsar              | Punjab         |
|    37 | Kalpana Chawla Planetarium, Kurukshetra               | Haryana        |
|    38 | Regional Science Centre, Jaipur                       | Rajasthan      |
|    39 | Regional Science Centre, Pune                         | Maharashtra    |
|    40 | ONGC Golden Jubilee Museum, Dehradun                  | Uttarakhand    |
|    41 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Jodhpur                  | Rajasthan      |
|    42 | Jorhat Science Centre & Planetarium, Jorhat           | Assam          |
|    43 | Regional Science Centre, Coimbatore                   | Tamil Nadu     |
|    44 | Regional Science Centre, Pilikula, Mangalore          | Karnataka      |
|    45 | Sub-Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Puducherry | Puducherry     |
|    46 | Regional Science Centre, Dehradun                     | Uttarakhand    |

## Annexure - 'B'

Ännexure  referred  in  part  (c),  (d)  and  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  Question No. 4366 for reply on 12.12.2016 regarding Set up of Science Museum.

## Science City

## (Figures in lakhs of Rs.)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Project    | Location of the project (Name of State/ Union Territory)   |   Sanction ed cost | Anticipated date of completion                                 |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|        01 | Science City, Guwahati | Assam                                                      |              11000 | 54 months from the date of issue of LOI for construction work. |

## Science Centre-Category 1 (Erstwhile RSC)

|   Sl. No . | Name of the Project               | Location of the project (Name of State/ Union Territory)   |   Sanction ed cost | Anticipated date of completion   |
|------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|         01 | Regional Science Centre, Kottayam | Kerala                                                     |               1450 | 2017-18                          |
|         02 | Regional Science Centre, Mysore   | Karnataka                                                  |               1450 | 2018-19                          |

## Science Centre-Category 1 (Erstwhile SRSC)

|   Sl. No . | Name of the Project                   | Location of the project (Name of State/ Union Territory)   |   Sanction ed cost | Anticipated date of completion   |
|------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|         01 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Bargarh  | Odisha                                                     |                500 | 2017-18                          |
|         02 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur  | Tripura                                                    |                600 | 2017-18                          |
|         03 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Palampur | Himachal Pradesh                                           |                600 | 2018-19                          |

|   04 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Gaya        | Bihar           |   500.00 | 27 months from date of issue of LOI for construction work   |
|------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|   05 | Sub- Regional Science Centre, Almora     | Uttarakhand     |      600 | --Do--                                                      |
|   06 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur     | Rajasthan       |      500 | --Do--                                                      |
|   07 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Kokrajhar   | Assam           |      600 | --Do--                                                      |
|   08 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Mayabunder  | A&N Islands     |      600 | --Do--                                                      |
|   09 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Jabalpur    | Madhya Pradesh  |      500 | 27 months from date of issue of LOI for construction work   |
|   10 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Srinagar    | J & K*          |      600 | 27 months from date of issue of LOI for construction work   |
|   11 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Rajahmundry | Andhra Pradesh* |      500 | 27 months from date of issue of LOI for construction work   |