Lok Sabha Question No. 124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Agreement in Science and Technology Sector
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18/7/2018

## AGREEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTOR

124. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ A´ÉÆ |ÉÉètÉÉäÉÊMÉBÉEÉÒ àÉÆjÉÉÒ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Department  of  Science  and  Technology  (DST)  has  signed  InterGovernment  Science  and Technology (S&T) Cooperation Agreements with countries;
- (b) if so, the country-wise details thereof during the last three years along with the conditions of those agreements;
- (c) the details of the current agreement with each country along with the aim of the said agreements; and
- (d) the benefit that India get out of these agreements?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES AND MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ A´ÉÆ |ÉÉètÉÉäÉÊMÉBÉEÉÒ àÉÆjÉÉÒ +ÉÉè® {Éßl´ÉÉÒ ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ àÉÆjÉÉÒ

(bÉ. c­ÉÇ ´ÉvÉÇxÉ)

- (a) Yes Madam. The Department of Science & Technology has presently Inter-Government Science & Technology (S&T) Cooperation Agreement with various countries.
- (b) Currently DST has S&T cooperation agreements with 80 countries. During last three years Inter-Government Science & Technology (S&T) Cooperation Agreements / MoUs have been signed with Denmark and Indonesia.
- (c) All  these  agreements  are  aimed  to  encourage  and  facilitate  developing  cooperation  in  the  fields  of  science, technology and innovation with these countries in the mutually identified areas. The stake-holders include researchers from scientific organizations, academia, R&D laboratories and companies. Under these Agreements / MoUs both sides encourage and facilitate cooperation through appropriate means including:
- i. exchanges of scientific & technical (S&T) information;
- ii. exchanges of scientific & technological experts;
- iii. exchanges of best practices related to science, technology & innovation (STI)
- iv. education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar
- v. joint research & development (R&D) projects;
- vi. joint industrial R&D projects
- vii. technology transfer
- viii. access to mega facilities
- ix. technology transfer

The aim of these science & technology cooperation agreements with various partner countries which has been signed by the Department is given in Annexure-I.

- (d) Cooperation in S&T helps in opening dialogues and developing further relations at bilateral, multilateral and regional  levels  and  is  inevitable  to  maintain  pace  of  progress  and  growth  of  scientific  research  in  the  country.  Such collaborations  help  in  dissemination  of  information,  generation  of  new  knowledge,  sharing  of  expertise,  cost  and optimal  utilization  of  resources,  providing  access  to  advanced  facilities  and  sophisticated  instruments  which  are  not available domestically and allow participation in international mega science projects. This in turn enhances the quality and  output  of  scientific  research  in  the  country  in  terms  of  quality  of  papers  published  through  International Collaboration.

## LIST OF S & T AGREEMENTS AS ON 16 th  July 2018

|   Sl | Partner Country   | Date of Signature       | Aims as identified in para C of the answer                                                                                                                                           |
|------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | AUSTRALIA         | 15.10.1986 / 30.11.2007 |  exchanges of S&T experts  exchanges of S&T information;  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;  |
|    2 | AUSTRIA           | 30.11.2007              |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of S&T information;  joint R&Dprojects;                                  |
|    3 | ARGENTINA         | 24.1.1985               |  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of S&T information;  workshops / seminar  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                  |
|    4 | ARMENIA #         | 25.3.1994               |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  workshops / seminar  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                  |
|    5 | BANGLADESH        | 17.11.1982              |  exchanges of S&T information;  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T experts;  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of best practices related to STI |
|    6 | BELARUS           | 14.5.1993               |  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar |
|    7 | BELGIUM           | 03.11.2006              |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                  |
|    8 | BOTSWANA #        | 17.6.2010               |  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                      |
|    9 | BRAZIL            | 22.7.1985 / 12.09.2006  |  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  workshops / seminar  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;             |
|   10 | BULGARIA          | 10.11.2000              |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                  |
|   11 | CANADA            | 17.11.2005              |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  industrialR&D                  |

|   12. | CHILE #        | 21.4.2008                          |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;                                                                                       |
|-------|----------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    13 | CHINA #        | 22.12.1988                         |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                 |
|    14 | COLOMBIA       | 11.6. 2005                         |  exchanges of S&T information;  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                                                  |
|    15 | CZECH REPUBLIC | 30..5.1973                         |  fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                                      |
|    16 | DENMARK        | 22.05.2018                         |  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of best practices related to STI  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  joint R&Dprojects;                                 |
|    17 | DPR KOREA #    | 8.5.1991                           |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  exchanges of S&T information;  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T experts;  joint R&Dprojects;                                                                  |
|    18 | EUROPEAN UNION | 23.11.2001/ 30.11.2007/ 17.05/2015 |  exchanges of S&T information;  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;  access to advanced facilities |
|    19 | EGYPT          | 16.10.1995                         |  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                 |
|    20 | EL SALVADOR #  | 21.8.2012                          |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                                  |
|    21 | ESTONIA #      | 5.2.1999                           |  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                                                  |
|    22 | ETHIOPEA       | 05.07.2007                         |  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                 |
|    23 | FINLAND        | 25.03.2008                         |  industrial R&Dprojects  joint R&Dprojects;  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI        |

|   24. | FRANCE    | 18.7.1978                            |  joint R&Dprojects;  industrial R&Dprojects  access to advanced facilities  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar   |
|-------|-----------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    25 | GERMANY   | 30.1.1974                            |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  joint R&Dprojects;  industrial R&Dprojects  access to advanced facilities   |
|    26 | GEORGIA # | 30.03.2010                           |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                            |
|    27 | GREECE #  | 26.04.2007                           |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                            |
|    28 | HUNGARY   | 8.12.1992                            |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                                                             |
|    29 | ICELAND   | 19.10.2005                           |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                                                             |
|    30 | INDONESIA | 10.2.1982 / 25.01.2011 / 30.05.2018) |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                            |
|    31 | IRAN #    | 25.1.2003                            |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                            |
|    32 | IRELAND # | 19.01.2006                           |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                            |
|    33 | ITALY     | 28.11.2003                           |  joint R&Dprojects;  industrial R&Dprojects  access to advanced facility  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar     |
|    34 | ISRAEL    | 17.5.1993                            |  industrial R&Dprojects  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                                                          |

|   35. | JAPAN        | 29.1.1985            |         | fellowship, workshops / seminar joint R&Dprojects; access to advanced facilities exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI             |
|-------|--------------|----------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    36 | KAZAKHSTAN # | 25.5.1993            |            | exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar                                       |
|    37 | KUWAIT #     | 07.04.2009           |           | exchanges of best practices related to STI education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; joint R&Dprojects;                      |
|    38 | KYRGYZSTAN # | 22.9.1995            |          | exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar joint R&Dprojects;                      |
|    39 | MALAYSIA #   | 12.9.1998            |          | exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar                                         |
|    40 | MAURITIUS #  | 24.1.1990            |          | joint R&Dprojects; education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects; |
|    41 | MEXICO       | 23.7.1975            |          | exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI fellowship, workshops / seminar joint R&Dprojects;                                           |
|    42 | MOLDOVA #    | 19.3.1993            |           | exchanges of best practices related to STI education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts;  joint R&Dprojects;                    |
|    43 | MONGOLIA #   | 14.7.1988            |           | education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI                                         |
|    44 | MOZAMBIQUE # | 12.5.2003            |          | joint R&Dprojects; exchanges of best practices related to STI education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts;  joint R&Dprojects; |
|    45 | MYANMAR      | 24.6.1999/27.07.2010 |          | joint R&Dprojects; exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; exchanges of best practices related to STI education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar                      |
|    46 | NEPAL #      | 21.3.2002            |          | exchanges of best practices related to STI education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar exchanges of S&T information; exchanges of S&T experts; joint R&Dprojects;                      |

|   47. | NETHERLANDS           | 28.03.2008            |  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                                           |
|-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    48 | NORWAY                | 14.11.2006            |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                           |
|    49 | POLAND                | 12.1.1993             |  exchanges of S&T experts;  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                           |
|    50 | PHILIPPINES #         | 8.4.1987              |  training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                     |
|    51 | PERU #                | 26.8.1975             |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                          |
|    52 | PORTUGAL              | 3.12.1998             |  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                                           |
|    53 | SOUTH KOREA           | 8.3.1976 / 7.02.2006  |  joint R&Dprojects;  industrial R&Dprojects  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar |
|    54 | ROMANIA               | 18.10.1993            |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                               |
|    55 | RUSSIA                | 30.6.1994             |  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  industrial R&Dprojects  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;                                              |
|    56 | SAUDI ARABIA #        | 28.2.2010             |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;              |
|    57 | SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO | 28.10.2004            |  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                           |
|    58 | SINGAPORE             | 4.1.1995 / 03.08.2009 |  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar                          |

|   59. | SLOVAK #      | 9.10.1996 / 22.08.2001   |  training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  joint R&Dprojects;                                                         |
|-------|---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    60 | SLOVENIA      | 31.1.1995                |  fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;                                                                                                                |
|    61 | SRI LANKA     | 16.09.2008               |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects; |
|    62 | SUDAN #       | 26.2.2002                |  training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                         |
|    63 | SOUTH AFRICA  | 19.07.1995 &2007         |  technology transfer  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                        |
|    64 | SPAIN         | 12.06.2007               |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  industrial R&Dprojects                                          |
|    65 | SWEDEN        | 9.12.2005                |  joint R&Dprojects;  industrial R&Dprojects  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar                                                      |
|    66 | SWISS FEDERAL | 11.10.2003               |  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  fellowship, workshops / seminar                                                                   |
|    67 | SYRIA #       | 16.2.1978                |  exchanges of best practices related to STI  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                              |
|    68 | TAJIKISTAN #  | 17.12.1995               |  fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects; exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                                     |
|    69 | THAILAND      | 1.2.2002                 |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                              |
|    70 | TUNISIA       | 17.10.95                 |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                              |

|   71. | TURKEY #       | 2.4.1976 / 2.05.2003   |  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                                                         |
|-------|----------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    72 | TURKMENISTAN # | 25.05.2010             |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                        |
|    73 | UK             | 8.1.1996               |  joint R&Dprojects;  industrialR&D  access to mega facility  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar              |
|    74 | UKRAINE        | 10.12.2012             |  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                                                                               |
|    75 | UZBEKISTAN #   | 29.7.1993              |  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects; |
|    76 | USA            | 17.10.2005             |  joint R&Dprojects;  joint industrialR&D  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar                                  |
|    77 | VENEZUELA #    | 3.4.1987               |  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                                                         |
|    78 | VIETNAM        | 23.2.1996              |  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;                                                                                         |
|    79 | YEMEN #        | 7.12.1996              |  workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                                                         |
|    80 | ZAMBIA #       | 26.1.1975              |  education, training, fellowship, workshops / seminar  joint R&Dprojects;  exchanges of S&T information;  exchanges of S&T experts;  exchanges of best practices related to STI                                                        |

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