Lok Sabha Question No. 202 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Women Scientists Scheme
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION No. *202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.3.2023

## WOMEN SCIENTISTS SCHEME

- *202.   SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a)            the  details  of  State-wise  number  and  percentage  of  Women Scientists who got benefits under the Women Scientists Scheme-A (WOSA)  in  the  years  2021  and  2022  out  of  the  total  number  of  Women Scientists who applied for benefits under this scheme respectively; and
- (b) the details of the State-wise percentage of the number of Women Scientists  who  got  the  benefits  under  the  Training  in  Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) out of the total number of Women Scientists who applied  for  the  benefits  under  the  IPRs  in  the  years  2021  and  2022 respectively?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR THE

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ तथा पृ Øवी ͪव£ान मंğालय क े राÏय मंğी ( èवतंğ Ĥभार) (डॉ . िजतɅġ ͧसंह)

- (a) to (b) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement  as  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  and  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha Starred Question No.*202 for answer on 15.03.2023

- (a) During the year 2021-22 and 2022-23, total 172 and 199 women scientists have been selected out of 490 and 708 women respectively, who applied under Women Scientists Scheme-A (WOS-A). The details of State-wise  number  and  percentage  of  Women  Scientists  who  got benefits under the Women Scientists Scheme-A in the years 2021 and 2022 out of the total number of women scientists who applied under this scheme are mentioned below:

| Sl.No.   | States/UTs       | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2021-22    | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2022-23    |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Sl.No.   | States/UTs       | Applied   | Selected  | Percentage | Applied   | Selected  | Percentage |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   | 10        | 2         | 20.00      | 10        | 4         | 40.00      |
| 2.       | Assam            | 10        | 3         | 30.00      | 17        | 3         | 17.65      |
| 3.       | Bihar            | 2         | 1         | 50.00      | 5         | 1         | 20.00      |
| 4.       | Chhattisgarh     | 3         | 0         | 0.00       | 3         | 1         | 33.33      |
| 5.       | Chandigarh       | 9         | 5         | 55.56      | 29        | 6         | 20.69      |
| 6.       | Delhi            | 58        | 23        | 39.66      | 67        | 30        | 44.78      |
| 7.       | Goa              | 3         | 1         | 33.33      | 5         | 1         | 20.00      |
| 8.       | Gujarat          | 11        | 1         | 9.09       | 18        | 8         | 44.44      |
| 9.       | Haryana          | 8         | 1         | 12.50      | 14        | 3         | 21.43      |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh | 6         | 3         | 50.00      | 6         | 1         | 16.67      |
| 11.      | Jammu& Kashmir   | 9         | 3         | 33.33      | 22        | 12        | 54.55      |
| 12.      | Jharkhand        | 4         | 1         | 25.00      | 6         | 1         | 16.67      |
| 13.      | Karnataka        | 45        | 12        | 26.67      | 53        | 10        | 18.87      |
| 14.      | Kerala           | 27        | 11        | 40.74      | 47        | 15        | 31.91      |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh   | 11        | 2         | 18.18      | 16        | 4         | 25.00      |
| 16.      | Maharashtra      | 44        | 17        | 38.64      | 65        | 17        | 26.15      |
| 17.      | Manipur          | 5         | 1         | 20.00      | 5         | 3         | 60.00      |
| 18.      | Meghalaya        | 0         | 0         | -          | 1         | 1         | 100.00     |
| 19.      | Mizoram          | 1         | 0         | 0.00       | 4         | 2         | 50.00      |
| 20.      | Nagaland         | 0         | 0         | -          | 3         | 0         | 0.00       |
| 21.      | Odisha           | 8         | 4         | 50.00      | 16        | 3         | 18.75      |
| 22.      | Puducherry       | 2         | 1         | 50.00      | 4         | 0         | 0.00       |
| 23.      | Punjab           | 22        | 7         | 31.82      | 26        | 11        | 42.31      |
| 24.      | Rajasthan        | 14        | 10        | 71.43      | 14        | 2         | 14.29      |
| 25.      | Sikkim           | 1         | 1         | 100.00     | 0         | 0         | -          |
| 26.      | Tamil Nadu       | 57        | 18        | 31.58      | 73        | 15        | 20.55      |
| 27.      | Telangana        | 35        | 16        | 45.71      | 50        | 11        | 22.00      |
| 28.      | Tripura          | 1         | 0         | 0.00       | 1         | 0         | 0.00       |
| 29.      | Uttar Pradesh    | 39        | 11        | 28.21      | 66        | 20        | 30.30      |
| 30.      | Uttarakhand      | 13        | 5         | 38.46      | 12        | 0         | 0.00       |
| 31.      | West Bengal      | 32        | 12        | 37.50      | 50        | 14        | 28.00      |
|          | TOTAL            | 490       | 172       | 35.10      | 708       | 199       | 28.11      |

(b) During the year 2021-22, 87 women scientists benefitted through one-year  training  on  Intellectual  Property  Rights  (IPRs)  under  Women Scientists Scheme-C (WOS-C). The details of the state-wise percentage of  the  number  of  Women Scientists  who  got  the  benefits  under  the training in IPRs out of the total number of women scientists who applied under this scheme in the 2021-22 are given below:

| Sl. No.              | States/UTs No. of women applied for training   |   No. of women selected for training |   Percentage |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------|
| 1. Andhra Pradesh    | 408                                            |                                    4 |         0.98 |
| 2. Arunachal         | Pradesh 2                                      |                                    0 |         0    |
| 3. Assam             | 39                                             |                                    0 |         0    |
| 4. Bihar             | 63                                             |                                    1 |         1.59 |
| 5. Chandigarh        | 14                                             |                                    0 |         0    |
| 6. Chhattisgarh      | 42                                             |                                    1 |         2.38 |
| 7. Daman &Diu        | 1                                              |                                    0 |         0    |
| 8. Delhi             | 258                                            |                                   14 |         5.43 |
| 9. Goa               | 12                                             |                                    0 |         0    |
| 10. Gujarat          | 82                                             |                                    0 |         0    |
| 11. Haryana          | 127                                            |                                    3 |         2.36 |
| 12. Himachal Pradesh | 37                                             |                                    0 |         0    |
| 13. Jammu &Kashmir   | 114                                            |                                    0 |         0    |
| 14. Jharkhand        | 58                                             |                                    1 |         1.72 |
| 15. Karnataka        | 314                                            |                                    6 |         1.91 |
| 16. Kerala           | 355                                            |                                   15 |         4.23 |
| 17. Madhya Pradesh   | 113                                            |                                    2 |         1.77 |
| 18. Maharashtra      | 442                                            |                                    7 |         1.58 |
| 19. Manipur          | 8                                              |                                    0 |         0    |
| 20. Meghalaya        | 5                                              |                                    0 |         0    |
| 21. Nagaland         | 1                                              |                                    0 |         0    |
| 22. Odisha           | 86                                             |                                    1 |         1.16 |
| 23. Puducherry       | 9                                              |                                    0 |         0    |
| 24. Punjab           | 53                                             |                                    0 |         0    |
| 25. Rajasthan        | 82                                             |                                    3 |         3.66 |
| 26. Tamil Nadu       | 446                                            |                                   14 |         3.14 |
| 27. Tripura          | 7                                              |                                    0 |         0    |
| 28. Uttar Pradesh    | 400                                            |                                    6 |         1.5  |
| 29. Uttarakhand      | 50                                             |                                    1 |         2    |
| 30. West Bengal      | 145                                            |                                    8 |         5.52 |
|                      | TOTAL 3773                                     |                                   87 |         2.31 |

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