Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Performance of Schemes
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, PRABHATSINH PRATAPSINH CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1769 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13/2/2019

## PERFORMANCE OF SCHEMES

†1769. SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI P.P. CHAUHAN:

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- (a) the  year-wise  details  of  the  schemes  launched  by  the  Government  under  the  Ministry  of Science and Technology since the year 2014 till date along with the details of the targets set and the achievements made under each of the said schemes;
- (b) the State-wise details of the proposals received from various States along with the proposals approved by the Union Government under the schemes sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology;
- (c) the scheme-wise and State-wise details of the funds allocated and utilized for implementation of various schemes of the Ministry during each of the last four years and the current year;
- (d) whether the Government has set any time-limit for completing the pending schemes and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  to  monitor  the  funds  allocated  to  the States/organisations achieving the said purposes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  action  taken  against  the  NonGovernmental  organisations  (NGOs)  found  guilty  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a) The year-wise details of the schemes launched  by  the  Government  under  the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry  of Science and Technology since the year 2014 till date are as follow:-

In the Union Budget of FY 2014-15, Technology Research Centres Programme was announced by the  Hon'ble  Finance  Minister.  Accordingly,  Five  Technical  Research  Centres  (TRCs)  were established  during  FY  2015-16  in  the  following  institutions  of  Department  of  Science  and Technology:

1. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum
2. International  Advanced  Research  Centre  for  Powder  Metallurgy  and  New  Materials  (ARCI), Hyderabad

3. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru
4. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata
5. S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata.

In  the  year  2015,  a  National  Supercomputing  Mission  (NSM)  was  approved  by  the Government at a total cost of Rs 4500 crore over a 7-year period of implementation. The Mission is being jointly steered by the Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) along with the Implementing Agencies viz. Indian Institute of Science (IISc),  Bengaluru  and  Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune. The mission aims to enhance the research capacities and capabilities in the country by connecting them to the Supercomputer grid with National Knowledge Network (NKN) as the back bone. The NSM intends to set up a grid of 70 high-performance supercomputing facilities, using both 'buy' and 'build' approach at academic and research institutions across the country.

In the year 2018, the Union Government has approved a National Mission on Interdisciplinary  Cyber-Physical  Systems  (NM-ICPS)  at  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.  3660  crore  for  a period of five years. The Mission has four major activities, i.e., Technology Development, Human Resource  &  Skill  Development,  including  development  of  Cyber-Physical  System  technology application tools for education at elementary and high school level, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-Up Ecosystem and International Collaborations.

In  the  year  2017-18,  following  schemes/programme  were  launched  by  the  Government under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.

- (i) Biotechnology Innovation Fund - AcE Fund (Accelerating Entrepreneurs) with a total cost of Rs. 150 Crores for three years to induce investment in Biotechnology Sector. The program was launched.
- (ii) Industry-Academia  Collaborative  Mission  for  Accelerating  Discovery  Research  to  Early Development  for  Biopharmaceuticals  -  Innovate  in India (I3)  for  empowering  biotech entrepreneurs & accelerating inclusive innovation' was approved by the Cabinet at a total cost of Rs.1500 crore for five years.
- (iii)A  farmer  centric  Biotech-KISAN  scheme  was  launched    as  Pan-India  program,  following  a hub-and  spoke  model  and  stimulates  entrepreneurship  and  innovation  in  farmers  and empowers women. The Biotech- KISAN Hubs focus on the technology requirement to generate agriculture  and  bio-resource  related  jobs  and  better  livelihood  ensuring  biotechnological benefits to small and marginal farmers. Biotech-KISAN also has an unique feature to identify and promote local farm leadership in both genders. Such leadership helps to develop sciencebased farming besides facilitating transfer of knowledge. So far, a total of eight Biotech-KISAN Hubs in different Agro-climatic Zones have been supported.

(b)  to  (f):  The  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology  does  not  implement  any  centrally  sponsored scheme, hence state-wise allocation is not made.

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