Lok Sabha Question No. 3693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Atal Tinkering Laboratories
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Khan Saumitra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3693 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019

## Atal Tinkering Laboratories

## 3693. SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  is  planning  to  construct  10,000  Atal  Tinkering  Laboratories (ATLs) by 2020;
- (b) the details of schools where ATLs have been constructed and are under construction; and
- (c) whether the Government is considering establishment of ATLs in all the Government schools in India and if so, the details thereof?

## 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, Sir. The Government of India is encouraging the schools to provide exposure of science  and  technology  to  students  so  that  they  can  be  exposed  with  futuristic technology platforms. The Government has setup the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) at NITI Aayog. The objective of establishing AIM is to create scientific temper and cultivate the spirit of curiosity and innovation among young minds. Towards this end, AIM  is  establishing  Atal  Tinkering  Labs  across  the  country  for  students  between grade 6 th to 12 th , equipped with latest emerging technologies such as electronics, IoT (Internet of Things), 3D printing, Robotics, etc.

As of today, a total of 8878 schools have been selected and 4680 schools have been given the ATL grant-in-aid for establishment of ATL.

AIM is planning to operationalize 10,000 ATLs by the end of March 2021.

- (b) The  state-wise  number  of  selected  schools  and  corresponding  schools  which  have received the ATL grant is placed at Annexure A .
- (c) 70% of the schools selected for ATLs to date are Govt. / Govt-aided schools and 70% are girls and co-ed schools. The sanction of funds for the ATL grant is subject to the budgetary  limits  of  Atal  Innovation  Mission.  Currently,  AIM  is  not  considering establishment of ATLs in all the Government schools in India.

## State-wise number of schools

| S. No.   | States                      |   No. of selected Schools |   No. of schools received ATL Grant |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                        25 |                                  10 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |                       566 |                                 349 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                        42 |                                  23 |
| 4        | Assam                       |                       312 |                                 191 |
| 5        | Bihar                       |                       131 |                                  68 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  |                        27 |                                  16 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                |                       373 |                                 220 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                         3 |                                   3 |
| 9        | Daman and Diu               |                         2 |                                   0 |
| 10       | Delhi-NCR                   |                       251 |                                 146 |
| 11       | Goa                         |                        25 |                                  17 |
| 12       | Gujarat                     |                       472 |                                 323 |
| 13       | Haryana                     |                       329 |                                 174 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            |                       122 |                                  59 |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           |                       117 |                                  37 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   |                       161 |                                  63 |
| 17       | Karnataka                   |                       704 |                                 335 |
| 18       | Kerala                      |                       488 |                                 247 |
| 19       | Ladakh                      |                        03 |                                   0 |
| 20       | Lakshadweep                 |                         0 |                                   0 |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh              |                       617 |                                 276 |
| 22       | Maharashtra                 |                       848 |                                 460 |
| 23       | Manipur                     |                        89 |                                  59 |
| 24       | Meghalaya                   |                        23 |                                  11 |
| 25       | Mizoram                     |                        31 |                                  20 |
| 26       | Nagaland                    |                        26 |                                  20 |
| 27       | Odisha                      |                       411 |                                 181 |
| 28       | Puducherry                  |                        25 |                                  14 |
| 29       | Punjab                      |                       220 |                                 120 |
| 30       | Rajasthan                   |                       418 |                                 214 |
| 31       | Sikkim                      |                        32 |                                  24 |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                  |                       696 |                                 375 |
| 33       | Telangana                   |                       317 |                                 146 |
| 34       | Tripura                     |                        25 |                                  12 |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh               |                       693 |                                 305 |
| 36       | Uttarakhand                 |                        87 |                                  46 |
| 37       | West Bengal                 |                       167 |                                 116 |
|          | Total                       |                      8878 |                                4680 |

## Annexure-A