Lok Sabha Question No. 1883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Establishment of Sub-Regional Science Centre
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RITA TARAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1883 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.7.2018

## ESTABLISHMENT OF SUB-REGIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE

1883. Shrimati Rita Tarai:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  construct  /  set  up  Science Centres in each and every district of various States of the country;
- (b) if so, the details there-of State-wise and district-wise including Gujarat and Rajasthan;
- (c) the funds allocated by the Government in this regard, State/UT-wise and  the  time  by  which  the  said  Science  Centres  are  likely  to  be constructed/ established;
- (d) whether the proposal for establishment of sub-regional science centres  in  Keonjhar,  Jeypore  and  Khandapada  submitted  by  the Government of Odisha to the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM),  Kolkotta  and  Ministry  of  Culture  is  lying  pending  with  the Government; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  the  said  proposal  is likely to be approved/finalised?

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

## ANSWER

- (a) 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 has to provide land and share the cost of setting up of facility and corpus for upkeep and maintenance.
- (b) The list of state-wise and district wise Science Centres including those in the State of Gujarat and Rajasthan is placed at Annexure I.
- (c) A list of Science Centres being set up along with the funds allocated is at Annexure II.

There is no specific time frame in the Scheme  in which Science Cities/Centres  are  to  be  set  up  in  each  State/UT,  since  setting  up  of  a Science  City/Centre  depends  on  the  receipt  of  a  proposal  from  the  State Government  along  with  commitments  for  meeting  requirements  such  as land, fund etc.   As per SPOCS, approximate Project time line in respect of Science  Centre  (Category-I),  Science  Centre  (Category-II)  and  Science Centre (Category-III) is 34 months, 27 months and 24 months respectively from the date of placing of order for construction of building.

- (d) No such proposal is pending in the Ministry of Culture.
- (e) Deptt. of Science & Technology, Govt. Of Odisha has been informed in May, 2016 that these proposals could be set up under Scheme 'C' of the Science Cities  Scheme,  i.e.  the  State  Govt.  Shall  fully  fund  the  Science  Centre Project  and  set  up  the  Science  Centre  with  the  technical  support  from National  Council  of  Science  Museums,  which  is  the  nodal  agency  for implementation  of  the  SPOCS  (erstwhile  Science  Cities  Scheme).  No response has been received from the Govt. of Odisha.

## Annexure I

## Annexure referred to in reply to (b) of Lok Sabha US Qn 1883 for 30.7.2018

|   Sl. no. | Names of the Science Centres                              | State-wise location   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata          | West Bengal           |
|         2 | Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai                              | Maharashtra           |
|         3 | National Science Centre, Delhi                            | New Delhi             |
|         4 | Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Bangalore | Karnataka             |
|         5 | Shri Krishna Science Centre, Patna                        | Bihar                 |
|         6 | Regional Science Centre, Bhubaneswar                      | Odisha                |
|         7 | Raman Science Centre and Planetarium, Nagpur              | Maharashtra           |
|         8 | Regional Science Centre, Tirupati                         | Andhra Pradesh        |
|         9 | Regional Science Centre, Guwahati                         | Assam                 |
|        10 | Regional Science Centre, Bhopal                           | Madhya Pradesh        |
|        11 | Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Calicut            | Kerala                |
|        12 | Kurukshetra Panorama & Science Centre, Kurukshetra        | Haryana               |
|        13 | Bardhaman Science Centre, Bardhaman                       | West Bengal           |
|        14 | District Science Centre, Purulia                          | West Bengal           |
|        15 | District Science Centre, Digha                            | West Bengal           |
|        16 | North Bengal Science Centre & Planetarium, Siliguri       | West Bengal           |
|        17 | Dhenkanal Science Centre, Dhenkanal & Kapilas Sc. Park    | Odisha                |
|        18 | District Science Centre & Planetarium, Dharampur          | Gujarat               |
|        19 | Goa Science Centre & Planetarium, Panaji                  | Goa                   |
|        20 | District Science Centre & Planetarium, Gulbarga           | Karnataka             |
|        21 | District Science Centre & Planetarium, Tirunelveli        | Tamil Nadu            |
|        22 | Science Centre, Port Blair,                               | A & N Island          |
|        23 | Mizoram Science Centre, Aizwal                            | Mizoram               |
|        24 | Nagaland Science Centre, Dimapur,                         | Nagaland              |
|        25 | Manipur Science Centre, Manipur                           | Manipur               |
|        26 | Itanagar Science Centre, Itanagar                         | Arunachal Pradesh     |
|        27 | Shillong Science Centre, Shillong,                        | Meghalaya             |
|        28 | Sikkim Science Centre & Planetarium, Gangtok              | Sikkim                |
|        29 | Sub-Regional Science Centres, Kalimpong                   | West Bengal           |
|        30 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Solapur                      | Maharastra            |
|        31 | Regional Science Centre, Ranchi                           | Jharkhand             |
|        32 | Regional Science Centre, Dharwad                          | Karnataka             |
|        33 | Regional Science Centre, Raipur                           | Chattisgarh           |
|        34 | Regional Science Centre, Dehradun                         | Uttarakhand           |
|        35 | Regional Science Centre, Jaipur                           | Rajasthan             |
|        36 | Regional Science Centre, Pune                             | Maharashtra           |
|        37 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Jodhpur                      | Rajasthan             |
|        38 | Jorhat Science Centre & Planetarium, Jorhat               | Assam                 |
|        39 | Regional Science Centre, Coimbatore                       | Tamil Nadu            |
|        40 | Regional Science Centre, Pilikula, Mangalore              | Karnataka             |
|        41 | Sub-Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Puducherry     | Puducherry            |

Annexure referred to in reply to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Qn. No. 1883 for 30.07.2018.

Annexure II (Figures in Lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State            | Name of the Project   | Funds sanction ed (project cost)   | Ratio of sharing of fund betwee nMOC &State Govt.   | 2014-15       | 2014-15       | 2015-16       | 2015-16       | 2016-17       | 2016-17       | 2017-18 (upto 31.03.2018)   | 2017-18 (upto 31.03.2018)   |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State            | Name of the Project   | Funds sanction ed (project cost)   | Ratio of sharing of fund betwee nMOC &State Govt.   | Fund released | Fund released | Fund released | Fund released | Fund released | Fund released | Fund released               | Fund released               |
| Sl. No.   | State            | Name of the Project   | Funds sanction ed (project cost)   | Ratio of sharing of fund betwee nMOC &State Govt.   | MOC           | State         | MOC           | State         | MOC           | State         | MOC                         | State                       |
| 1.        | Kerala           | RSC, Kottayam         | 1450.00                            | 50:50                                               | 100.00        | -             | -             | -             | -             | -             | -                           | -                           |
| 2.        | Karnataka        | RSC, Mysore           | 1450.00                            | 50:50                                               | 100.00        | 537.00        | -             | -             | -             | -             | -                           | 188.00                      |
| 3.        | Uttarakhand      | RSC, Dehradun*        | 1265.00                            | 50:50                                               | 196.50        | -             | -             | 196.50        | -             | -             | -                           | -                           |
| 4.        | Himachal Pradesh | SRSC, Palampur        | 600.00                             | 100:00                                              | 100.00        | -             | 150.00        | -             | -             | -             | -                           | -                           |
| 5.        | Odisha           | SRSC, Bargarh         | 500.00                             | 50:50                                               | 50.00         | -             | -             | -             | -             | -             | -                           | -                           |
| 6.        | Tripura          | SRSC, Udaipur         | 600.00                             | 90:10                                               | 170.00        | 60.00         | -             | -             | 135.00        | -             | -                           | -                           |
| 7.        | Bihar            | SRSC, Gaya            | 500.00                             | 50:50                                               | -             | -             | -             | -             | 50.00         | 250.00        | -                           | -                           |
| 8.        | Uttarakhand      | SRSC, Almora          | 600.00                             | 100:00                                              | -             | -             | 100.00        | -             | -             | -             | -                           | 45.00                       |
| 9.        | Rajasthan        | SRSC, Udaipur         | 500.00                             | 50:50                                               | -             | -             | 100.00        | -             | -             | 250.00        | -                           | -                           |
| 10.       | Madhya Pradesh   | SRSC, Jabalpur        | 500.00                             | 50:50                                               | -             | -             | 100.00        | -             | -             | -             | -                           | 300.00                      |
| 11.       | Assam            | SRSC, Kokrajhar       | 600.00                             | 90:10                                               | -             | -             | 146.00        | -             | -             | 60.00         | -                           | -                           |
| 12.       | A&N Islands      | SRSC, Mayabundar      | 600.00                             | 90:10                                               | -             | -             | 100.00        | 60.00         | -             | -             | -                           | -                           |
| 13.       | Andhra Pradesh   | SRSC, Rajahmundry     | 500.00                             | 50:50                                               | -             | -             | 100.00        | -             | -             | -             | -                           | -                           |