Lok Sabha Question No. 1154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Atal Tinkering Labs
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Arvind Kumar Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1154

TO BE ANSWERED 09.02.2022

## ATAL TINKERING LABS

## 1154. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE: DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Atal  Tinkering  Labs  (ATLs)  that  have  been  established  across  the country,  managed  by  the  Government  and  private  sector,  year-wise,  State-wise  and district-wise particularly in Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of the amount of funds disbursed as of January 2022 to ATLs, year-wise, State-wise and district-wise particularly in Rajasthan;
- (c) the amount of funds earmarked for establishment of ATLs in the next three years;
- (d) the number of private and Government run ATLs to be established in the pipeline for the next year, Statewise and district-wise particularly in Rajasthan;
- (e) the  number  of  ATLs  that  have  been  functioning  post  March  2020  and  whether  the Government has created any specialised auditory mechanism to review their functioning in the post Covid-19 era;
- (f) whether  ATLs  initiative  has  been  successful  in  achieving  its  aims  and  mandate  in terms of numbers of labs established, number of students engaged in STEM subjects and results produced; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) As of January 2022, the total number of funded Atal Tinkering Labs are 9,606, out of which 503 are in Rajasthan state.

The  details  of  schools,  state-wise  and  year-wise,  both  Government  and  private  is placed as Annexure A .

The list of 503 funded schools of Rajasthan, district-wise, year-wise, both private and Government is placed as Annexure B .

- (b) 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) is given as the

first  tranche  as  establishment  and  operational  cost,  strictly  subject  to  fulfilling  the compliance  process.  Subsequent  tranches  of  INR  2  lakhs  each  is  given  in  next  four years as operations and maintenance cost.

Funds of Rs. 12,00,000 as first tranche have been disbursed to a total of 9,606 schools till date for setting up of Atal Tinkering Labs, amounting to INR 1152.72 crores, out of which INR 60.36 crores have been disbursed for Atal Tinkering Lab in Rajasthan state for 503 schools.

Funds  of  Rs.  2,00,000  as  subsequent  tranche  have  been  disbursed  to  a  total  of  978 schools till date, amounting to INR 19.56 crores, out of which INR 86 lakhs have been disbursed for Atal Tinkering Lab in Rajasthan state for 43 schools. The details of funds disbursed year-wise and state-wise is placed as Annexure A .

- (c) There  are  no  specific  funds  earmarked  exclusively  for  Atal  Tinkering  Labs.  The amount of budget allocated by Central Government to Atal Innovation Mission is for all  the  programs  under  the  Mission  including Atal  Tinkering  Labs.  The  schools  are funded for setting up ATLs as per the availability of budgets.
- (d) Atal Innovation  Mission  has  been  mandated  to  set  up  10,000  Atal  Tinkering Laboratories  in  schools  across  the  country,  out  of  which  9,606  have  already  been funded. The remaining schools, out of 10,000 mandated schools, are undergoing the compliance process in terms of laid down guidelines for setting up of Atal Tinkering Laboratories  and  shall  be  funded  on  first  come  first  serve  basis  as  per  fulfilment  of compliance.
- (e) The number of schools funded to set up Atal Tinkering Labs post March 2020 is 1922. As of now, there is no specialised auditory mechanism set up by Government to review the  functioning  of  these  1922  Atal  Tinkering  Labs.  However,  AIM  engages  and monitors  the  schools  through  online  dashboard  and  reviews  them  based  on  ATL guidelines. AIM is in constant communication with the schools to ensure that adequate activities and workshops are carried out, issues are resolved, ATLs remain operational, to provide best experience for the students of the ATL schools.
- (f) & (g) Yes, the ATL initiative is on a roadmap to successfully completing its mandate along  with  benefitting  the  larger  community  of  school  students.  Out  of  10,000 mandated  number  of  ATL  establishment,  9,606  have  already  been  funded  and remaining  schools  shall  be  funded  subject  to  availability  of  funds  and  compliance checks. ATL conducts round the year events and challenges that provides a platform for  young students to develop the innovative mindset and showcase their talent. One such  example  is  the  ATL  Marathon  which  is  Atal  Innovation  Mission's  flagship innovation challenge, where schools identify community problems of their choice and develop innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes. More than 75 lakhs students are actively engaged in ATLs as per latest dashboard data. Several projects have  been  created  by  ATL  students  which  showcase  that  Atal  Tinkering  Labs  are successful to foster curiosity, creativity, and imagination in young minds. More than 12 lakhs innovation projects created by ATL students thus far.

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## Annexure - A

## State/UT wise yearly summary of funded Atal Tinkering Labs in Schools

| State/UT                 |   Year 2016 |   Year 2017 |   Year 2018 |   Year 2019 |   Year 2020 |   Year 2021 |   Total Schools |   Govt Schools |   Private Schools |   Funds Released (in Cr.) |
|--------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Island |           1 |           0 |           2 |           7 |           0 |           0 |              10 |             10 |                 0 |                      1.2  |
| Andhra Pradesh           |           8 |           4 |          68 |         277 |         213 |         120 |             690 |            558 |               132 |                     84.3  |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |           2 |           0 |           4 |          18 |           6 |           1 |              31 |             25 |                 6 |                      3.76 |
| Assam                    |          10 |           1 |          10 |         174 |          84 |          52 |             331 |            266 |                65 |                     39.92 |
| Bihar                    |           5 |           1 |          15 |          49 |          11 |          13 |              94 |             58 |                36 |                     11.48 |
| Chandigarh               |           3 |           2 |           6 |           5 |           2 |           4 |              22 |             14 |                 8 |                      2.7  |
| Chhattisgarh             |           7 |           2 |          34 |         184 |          74 |          60 |             361 |            290 |                71 |                     44.3  |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli     |           0 |           0 |           2 |           1 |           0 |           1 |               4 |              1 |                 3 |                      0.48 |
| Delhi                    |          27 |           4 |          38 |          78 |          41 |          10 |             198 |             70 |               128 |                     24.9  |
| Goa                      |           8 |           1 |           2 |           6 |           1 |           2 |              20 |             18 |                 2 |                      2.52 |
| Gujarat                  |           8 |           5 |          44 |         275 |         165 |         101 |             598 |            395 |               203 |                     73.08 |
| Haryana                  |           7 |           8 |          34 |         134 |         108 |         119 |             410 |            107 |               303 |                     50.1  |
| Himachal Pradesh         |           2 |           0 |          10 |          49 |          34 |          11 |             106 |             50 |                56 |                     13.04 |
| Jammu &Kashmir           |           2 |           0 |           7 |          30 |          31 |          18 |              88 |             55 |                33 |                     10.62 |
| Jharkhand                |           3 |           0 |           8 |          53 |          28 |          30 |             122 |             60 |                62 |                     14.78 |
| Karnataka                |          13 |           5 |          34 |         298 |         227 |         176 |             753 |            529 |               224 |                     91.96 |
| Kerala                   |          18 |           6 |          60 |         165 |          78 |          37 |             364 |            254 |               110 |                     45.3  |
| Madhya Pradesh           |           5 |           2 |          50 |         229 |         136 |         164 |             586 |            270 |               316 |                     70.94 |
| Maharashtra              |          26 |           5 |         106 |         369 |         250 |         240 |             996 |            830 |               166 |                    121.5  |
| Manipur                  |           1 |           2 |          11 |          45 |           9 |          49 |             117 |             45 |                72 |                     14.2  |
| Meghalaya                |           1 |           0 |           6 |           4 |           1 |           1 |              13 |             10 |                 3 |                      1.56 |
| Mizoram                  |           1 |           2 |           4 |          16 |           1 |           2 |              26 |             17 |                 9 |                      3.16 |
| Nagaland                 |           0 |           0 |           7 |          13 |           3 |           2 |              25 |              3 |                22 |                      3.04 |
| Odisha                   |           3 |           1 |          31 |         148 |          51 |          84 |             318 |            193 |               125 |                     38.68 |
| Puducherry               |           1 |           0 |           3 |          11 |           1 |           2 |              18 |             13 |                 5 |                      2.24 |
| Punjab                   |          12 |           4 |          21 |          86 |          33 |          67 |             223 |             84 |               139 |                     27.34 |
| Rajasthan                |           6 |           0 |          15 |         198 |          63 |         221 |             503 |            203 |               300 |                     61.22 |
| Sikkim                   |           4 |           1 |           4 |          15 |           0 |           3 |              27 |             23 |                 4 |                      3.26 |
| Tamil Nadu               |          21 |          11 |          45 |         315 |          99 |         448 |             939 |            619 |               320 |                    114.64 |
| Telangana                |           6 |           3 |          19 |         125 |          71 |         133 |             357 |            220 |               137 |                     43.68 |
| Tripura                  |           0 |           0 |           2 |          10 |           2 |           6 |              20 |             20 |                 0 |                      2.42 |
| Uttar Pradesh            |          17 |           9 |          46 |         270 |         258 |         342 |             942 |            202 |               740 |                    114.04 |
| Uttarakhand              |           4 |           3 |           6 |          34 |          12 |          22 |              81 |             36 |                45 |                      9.94 |
| West Bengal              |          11 |           7 |          25 |          64 |          25 |          79 |             211 |            171 |                40 |                     25.74 |
| Ladakh                   |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |           2 |               2 |              2 |                 0 |                      0.24 |
| TOTAL                    |         243 |          89 |         779 |        3755 |        2118 |        2622 |            9606 |           5726 |              3880 |                   1172.28 |

Annexure B District wise yearly summary of funded Atal Tinkering Labs in Schools in Rajasthan

| District       |   Year 2016 |   Year 2017 |   Year 2018 |   Year 2019 |   Year 2020 |   Year 2021 |   Total Schools |   Govt Schools |   Private Schools |
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
| Ajmer          |           0 |           0 |           2 |           7 |           1 |           6 |              16 |              6 |                10 |
| Alwar          |           1 |           0 |           0 |          11 |           3 |          10 |              25 |             11 |                14 |
| Banswara       |           0 |           0 |           1 |           2 |           2 |           4 |               9 |              3 |                 6 |
| Baran          |           0 |           0 |           2 |           2 |           3 |           1 |               8 |              7 |                 1 |
| Barmer         |           0 |           0 |           1 |           4 |           2 |           8 |              15 |             10 |                 5 |
| Bharatpur      |           0 |           0 |           2 |           4 |           2 |          10 |              18 |              4 |                14 |
| Bhilwara       |           0 |           0 |           1 |          10 |           0 |           9 |              20 |             11 |                 9 |
| Bikaner        |           0 |           0 |           1 |           2 |           2 |          15 |              20 |              5 |                15 |
| Bundi          |           0 |           0 |           0 |           1 |           1 |           2 |               4 |              3 |                 1 |
| Chittorgarh    |           0 |           0 |           0 |          11 |           2 |           4 |              17 |              8 |                 9 |
| Churu          |           0 |           0 |           0 |          16 |           7 |          19 |              42 |             18 |                24 |
| Dausa          |           0 |           0 |           0 |           5 |           1 |           9 |              15 |              2 |                13 |
| Dholpur        |           0 |           0 |           0 |           1 |           1 |           2 |               4 |              4 |                 0 |
| Dungarpur      |           0 |           0 |           0 |           5 |           0 |           2 |               7 |              5 |                 2 |
| Fatehpur       |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |           1 |           0 |               1 |              1 |                 0 |
| Hanumangarh    |           0 |           0 |           0 |           3 |           4 |          18 |              25 |              7 |                18 |
| Jaipur         |           2 |           0 |           2 |          16 |           6 |          17 |              43 |              6 |                37 |
| Jaisalmer      |           0 |           0 |           1 |           4 |           0 |           3 |               8 |              6 |                 2 |
| Jalore         |           0 |           0 |           0 |           2 |           2 |           1 |               5 |              2 |                 3 |
| Jhalawar       |           0 |           0 |           0 |           4 |           1 |           0 |               5 |              3 |                 2 |
| Jhunjhunu      |           1 |           0 |           0 |           6 |           4 |          17 |              28 |              6 |                22 |
| Jodhpur        |           1 |           0 |           1 |           7 |           3 |          10 |              22 |             14 |                 8 |
| Karauli        |           0 |           0 |           0 |           4 |           1 |           3 |               8 |              4 |                 4 |
| Kota           |           0 |           0 |           0 |           8 |           1 |           3 |              12 |              3 |                 9 |
| Nagaur         |           0 |           0 |           0 |           8 |           6 |          12 |              26 |              8 |                18 |
| Pali           |           0 |           0 |           0 |           5 |           0 |           2 |               7 |              2 |                 5 |
| Pratapgarh     |           0 |           0 |           0 |           2 |           1 |           0 |               3 |              2 |                 1 |
| Rajsamand      |           0 |           0 |           0 |           3 |           1 |           1 |               5 |              5 |                 0 |
| Sawai Madhopur |           0 |           0 |           0 |           7 |           0 |           7 |              14 |              9 |                 5 |
| Sikar          |           0 |           0 |           0 |          11 |           1 |          10 |              22 |              9 |                13 |
| Sirohi         |           0 |           0 |           0 |           5 |           0 |           2 |               7 |              1 |                 6 |
| Sri Ganganagar |           0 |           0 |           0 |           5 |           3 |           0 |               8 |              4 |                 4 |
| Tonk           |           0 |           0 |           0 |          13 |           0 |           5 |              18 |              9 |                 9 |
| Udaipur        |           1 |           0 |           1 |           4 |           1 |           9 |              16 |              5 |                11 |
| TOTAL          |           6 |           0 |          15 |         198 |          63 |         221 |             503 |            203 |               300 |