Lok Sabha Question No. 5136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Atal Innovation Mission
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUSTION NO. 5136 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## ATAL INNOVATION MISSION

## 5136: SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of PLANING be pleased to state

- (a)  whether  the  Government  in  order  to  attract  children  towards  technology  early enough  at  the  school  level  is  setting  up  the  'Atal  Innovation  Mission,  Atal Tinkering Labs and Atal Incubation Centres and universities and other institutions; and
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  beneficiaries,  State-wise  including  in  District  Satna  as  on date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)    Yes, Atal Innovation Mission (' AIM ') is Government of India's endeavour to promote a  culture  of  innovation  and  entrepreneurship.  Its  objective  is  to  serve  as  a platform for promotion of world-class Innovation Hubs, Grand Challenges, Start-up businesses  and  other  self-employment  activities,  particularly  in  technology  driven areas. AIM has been launched to create an innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in  India  by  establishing  new  incubation  centres,  scaling  up  established  incubation centres and setting up new tinkering labs in schools.

Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) -  to  promote  creative,  innovative  mind  set  in  schools at  the  school  level,  AIM  is  setting  up  state  of  the  art  Atal  Tinkering  Labs  (ATL) in schools across all districts across the country.

(b) A total of 8878 schools have been selected and 3020 schools have been given the ATL grant in aid for establishment of ATL. Each school is sanctioned Grant in Aid of Rs. 20,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Lakhs Only) over a period of five years as establishment  and  operational  cost.  Out  of  the  total  amount,  grant  in  aid  of  Rs. 12,00,000/-(Rupees Twelve Lakhs Only) have been transferred as the first tranche.

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/UT           |   No. of Operational ATLs |
|-----------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Island |                        10 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh             |                       279 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh          |                        23 |
| 4         | Assam                      |                       131 |
| 5         | Bihar                      |                        48 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                 |                        15 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh               |                       145 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli     |                         2 |
| 9         | Delhi                      |                       125 |
| 10        | Goa                        |                        16 |
| 11        | Gujarat                    |                       172 |
| 12        | Haryana                    |                       112 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh           |                        37 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir          |                        31 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                  |                        42 |
| 16        | Karnataka                  |                       191 |
| 17        | Kerala                     |                       197 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh             |                       160 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                |                       240 |
| 20        | Manipur                    |                        27 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                  |                         9 |
| 22        | Mizoram                    |                        17 |
| 23        | Nagaland                   |                        15 |
| 24        | Odisha                     |                       123 |
| 25        | Puducherry                 |                        12 |
| 26        | Punjab                     |                        80 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                  |                       139 |
| 28        | Sikkim                     |                        22 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                 |                       225 |
| 30        | Telangana                  |                       109 |
| 31        | Tripura                    |                         9 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh              |                       160 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                |                        28 |
| 34        | West Bengal                |                        69 |
|           | Grand Total                |                      3020 |

## Details of the beneficiaries in District Satna, Madhya Pradesh .

Till  date,  6  schools  from  Satna,  MP  have  received  the  ATL  grant-in-aid,  details  of which are as follows:

|   Sr. No | Name of School                                                        | Address                                                                   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | CHRISTUKULA MISSION HR. SEC. SCHOOL                                   | MAHADEWA, PATER, SATNA, MADHYA PRADESH 485001                             |
|        2 | GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL AMARPATAN DIST SATNA MP | GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, AMARPATAN, DIST- SATNA, MP |
|        3 | GOVT GIRLSMLBHSEC SCHOOL SATNA                                        | GOVT GIRLSMLBHSECSCHOOL SATNA NEAR RAILWAY STATION SATNA (M.P.)           |
|        4 | GOVT H S S BAGHA                                                      | WARDNO03 BAGHA POST OFFICE BAGHA KOTHI ROAD, SATNA, M.P.                  |
|        5 | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECODARY SCHOOL BHUMKAHAR SATNA                     | VILLAGE AND POST BHUMKAHAR, DISTRICT -SATNA                               |
|        6 | GOVT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BIHTA                                    | GRAM/ POST- BIHTA, TAHSIL - UNCHEHRA, DISTRICT - SATNA, MADHYA PRADESH.   |

## Supplementary:

The Atal Innovation Mission shall have two core functions:

Entrepreneurship promotion: Wherein innovators would be supported and mentored to become successful entrepreneurs at Incubation Centres.

Innovation promotion: to provide a platform where innovative ideas are generated at grassroot level in schools.

## Initiatives under AIM:

Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) - to promote creative, innovative mind set in schools At the  school  level,  AIM  is  setting  up  state  of  the  art  Atal  Tinkering  Labs  (ATL) in schools across all districts across the country.

1. Atal Incubation Centres (AIC) - promoting entrepreneurship in universities and industry at the university, NGO, SME and Corporate industry levels.
2. Atal New India Challenges and Atal Grand Challenges To promote specific product innovations with social / economic impact, AIM will be launching Atal New India  Challenges  /  Atal  Grand  Challenges in  specific  areas  and  sectors  of national importance.
3. Mentor  of  ChangeMentor  of  Change  Program  is  a  strategic  nation  building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor students in Atal Tinkering Labs.

The details about the initiatives can be obtained from AIM website aim.gov.in.

## Atal Incubation centres

AIM  intends  to  support  the  establishment  of  new  incubation  centres  called  Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) that would nurture innovative start-up businesses in their pursuit to become scalable and sustainable enterprises. The AICs would create world class incubation facilities across various parts of India with suitable physical infrastructure in terms of capital equipment and operating facilities, coupled with the availability of sectoral experts for mentoring the start-ups, business planning support, access  to  seed  capital,  industry  partners,  trainings  and  other  relevant  components required for encouraging innovative start-ups. Moreover, AICs would be established in subject specific areas such as manufacturing, transport, energy, health, education, agriculture, water and sanitation etc.

## Eligibility

Entities  such  as  such  as  higher  educational  institutions,  R&D  institutes,  corporate sector, alternative investment funds registered with SEBI, business accelerators, group of individuals, and individuals are eligible to apply.

## Financial Support

AIM will provide a grant-in-aid of upto Rs. 10 crore for a maximum period of 5 years to cover the capital and operational expenditures to establish the AIC.

## Requirements

The applicant would have to provide at least 10,000 sq. ft. of ready-to-use, built-up space, for the exclusive use of the AIC.