Lok Sabha Question No. 2883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Discretionary Funds
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2883 ANSWERED ON 12/03/2021

## DISCRETIONARY FUNDS

## 2883. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will  the  Minister  of  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY वान  और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a)    the details of discretionary funds available with the Department of  Science  and  Technology  (DST)  over  the  last  five  years  including expenditure/utilization along with the outcome thereof;
- (b)     the details of schemes or programmes under which funds were allocated by the DST for promoting research in Science and Technology during last five years;
- (c)       the  number  of  proposals  received  from  institutes  of  national importance by the DST over the last three years, institute-wise and the number of such proposals which have been sanctioned for research;
- (d)       the  manner  in  which  the  Ministry  is  supporting  Institutes  of National Importance; and
- (e)       the  tangible  outcome  of  various  proposals  received  for  the creation of usable technology over last five years, institute-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

वाय और परवार कयाण मंी , वान और ौयोगक मंी और पृवी वान मंी डॉ. हष वधन

- a)      No  discretionary  funds  are  available  with  the  Department  of Science & Technology (DST) over the last five years.
- b)        For  promoting  research  in  Science  and  Technology,  DST  has allocated funds under following Umbrella Central Sector schemes;
1.      S & T Institutional & Human Capacity Building
2.      Research & Development
3.      Innovation Technology Development and Deployment
4.    National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NMICPS)
- c)      DST provides fund support to different academic and Research & Development(R&D) institutions in the country including institutions of national  importance.  During  the  last  3  years,  out  of  7,402  project proposals received by the department, 2,157 projects were sanctioned under various schemes/sub-schemes of DST. The institute-wise list is provided at Annexure-I.
- d)        The  nature  of  R&D  support  provided  to  Institutions  of  national importance  is  in  the  form  of  grant-in-aid  as  part  of  extra-mural  R&D support.
- e)        Some  of  the  tangible  outcomes  from  the  support  provided  for creation  of  usable  technologies  are  in  terms  of  converting  proof-ofconcept for technologies/ techniques/ processes/products into prototypes  for  validation  and  demonstration  in  actual  field  settings. Applicants  are  encouraged  to  involve  industry  and  do  the  need assessment for development of Technology. Under Technology Development  Programme  of  DST,  technology  development  projects were sanctioned to Indian Institute of Technology, National Institute of Technology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology and All India Institute of Medical Sciences during the last 5 years. The tangible outcome for creation of usable technology was measured in terms of technology demonstration in thrust areas which include waste management, advance manufacturing, biomedical devices, science/technology  for  conserving/preserving heritage,  & agro-technologies etc.

|                                                                                                         |                                                                                                         |                                                                                                         |                                                                                                         |                                                                                                         |                                                                                                         |                                                                                                         | Annexure-I                                                                                              |                                                                                                         |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise | List of Project supported under various schemes of Department of Science and Technology: Institute-wise |
| Name of Institute                                                                                       | 2017-18                                                                                                 | 2017-18                                                                                                 | 2018-19                                                                                                 | 2018-19                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                                   | Total                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                         | Received                                                                                                | Sanctioned                                                                                              | Received                                                                                                | Sanctioned                                                                                              | Received                                                                                                | Sanctioned                                                                                              | Received                                                                                                | Sanctioned                                                                                              |
| Indian Institutes of Technology                                                                         | 559                                                                                                     | 222                                                                                                     | 784                                                                                                     | 329                                                                                                     | 2143                                                                                                    | 898                                                                                                     | 3486                                                                                                    | 1449                                                                                                    |
| National Institutes of Technology                                                                       | 442                                                                                                     | 88                                                                                                      | 658                                                                                                     | 94                                                                                                      | 1585                                                                                                    | 167                                                                                                     | 2685                                                                                                    | 349                                                                                                     |
| Indian Institutes of Information Technology                                                             | 53                                                                                                      | 10                                                                                                      | 72                                                                                                      | 8                                                                                                       | 202                                                                                                     | 25                                                                                                      | 374                                                                                                     | 43                                                                                                      |
| Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research                                                     | 84                                                                                                      | 43                                                                                                      | 92                                                                                                      | 53                                                                                                      | 248                                                                                                     | 149                                                                                                     | 424                                                                                                     | 245                                                                                                     |
| National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research                                            | 8                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                       | 19                                                                                                      | 4                                                                                                       | 64                                                                                                      | 11                                                                                                      | 91                                                                                                      | 15                                                                                                      |
| All India Institutes of Medical Sciences                                                                | 104                                                                                                     | 19                                                                                                      | 90                                                                                                      | 13                                                                                                      | 195                                                                                                     | 24                                                                                                      | 389                                                                                                     | 56                                                                                                      |
| Total                                                                                                   | 1250                                                                                                    | 382                                                                                                     | 1715                                                                                                    | 501                                                                                                     | 4437                                                                                                    | 1274                                                                                                    | 7402                                                                                                    | 2157                                                                                                    |

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