Lok Sabha Question No. 1892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Central Research Institutes
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Arun Sao, Vijay Baghel, Sunil Kumar Soni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1892 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30/07/2021

Central Research Institutes

† 1892. SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

मंğी

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of central research institutes in the country, State/UT-
- wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  fund  sanctioned,  allocated  and utilized during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and institutionwise;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any target for the said institutes regarding the development of modern medicines and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the performance of the said institutes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ तथा पृØवी ǒव£ान क े राÏय मंğी ( .

èवतंğ Ĥभार) (डॉ ǔजतɅġ िसंह)

- (a) & (b) There are 73 Central Research Institutes under the administrative control of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department  of  Biotechnology  (DBT)  and  Council  of  Scientific  and Industrial Research (CSIR) spread over different parts of the country. The details of fund sanctioned, allocated and utilized during the last

three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and Institute/Laboratory/Organization-wise are given in Annexure-I.

- (c) Government has not fixed any target for the said Institutes for the development of modern medicine. However, CSIR through its constituent laboratories namely, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI),  Lucknow  and  CSIR-Institute  of  Microbial  Technology (CSIR-IMTECH),  Chandigarh  is  engaged  in  the  R&D  work  related  to development of modern medicines. CSIR-CDRI is engaged in fundamental  research  driven  discovery  and  development  of  modern medicines,  including  synthetic  compounds,  Phyto-pharmaceuticals, AYUSH & Peptides and repurposing of drugs.

Department of Biotechnology is implementing a flagship program through its Autonomous Institutions  which is aligned with the National Priorities and Sustainable Development Goals. Several of its Autonomous  institutions  are  working  on  development  of  modern medicines  viz.  including  cell  therapy  platform,  development  of  small molecular antiviral agents, stem  cell technology,  genomics  and targeting drug resistance of tuberculosis and malaria.

- (d) The Institutes/Laboratories/Organizations of the Ministry have stateof-art research facilities and these facilities are periodically upgraded depending on the requirement through various Expert Committees after evaluating the performance. Also, in compliance of provisions of GFR 2017, each autonomous institution of DST and DBT signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government every year giving  their  target  and  achievements.  The  performance  evaluation, which is a part of the MoU, is regularly carried out every financial year by the Governing Body of the respective Institute.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1892 FOR REPLY ON 30.07.2021

|                                                      |                                                                                           | (Amount in Crore)                                    | (Amount in Crore)                                    | (Amount in Crore)                                    | (Amount in Crore)                                    |
|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                      |                                                                                           | Allocation/Expenditure                               | Allocation/Expenditure                               | Allocation/Expenditure                               | Allocation/Expenditure                               |
| S. No.                                               | Name of the Institute/Laboratory/Organization                                             | 2018-19                                              | 2019-20                                              | 2020-21                                              | 2021-22 **                                           |
| Part 'A': Department of Science and Technology (DST) | Part 'A': Department of Science and Technology (DST)                                      | Part 'A': Department of Science and Technology (DST) | Part 'A': Department of Science and Technology (DST) | Part 'A': Department of Science and Technology (DST) | Part 'A': Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
|                                                      | ASSAM                                                                                     |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 1                                                    | The Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati                         | 32.90                                                | 35.85                                                | 30.80                                                | 6.75                                                 |
|                                                      | KARNATAKA                                                                                 |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 2                                                    | Centre for Nano Soft Matter and Sciences, Jalahalli, Bangalore                            | 10.55                                                | 13.58                                                | 13.74                                                | 3.50                                                 |
| 3                                                    | Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore                                               | 69.75                                                | 69.19                                                | 109.35                                               | 16.70                                                |
| 4                                                    | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore                       | 84.84                                                | 109.28                                               | 102.67                                               | 24.50                                                |
| 5                                                    | Raman Research Institute, Bangalore                                                       | 48.82                                                | 51.88                                                | 61.28                                                | 13.60                                                |
|                                                      | Total                                                                                     | 213.96                                               | 243.93                                               | 287.04                                               | 58.30                                                |
|                                                      | KERALA                                                                                    |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 6                                                    | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram       | 196.75                                               | 186.15                                               | 310.00                                               | 57.50                                                |
|                                                      | MAHARASTRA                                                                                |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 7                                                    | Agharkar Research Institute, Pune                                                         | 19.74                                                | 21.09                                                | 29.50                                                | 6.55                                                 |
| 8                                                    | Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai                                                  | 44.04                                                | 49.34                                                | 46.21                                                | 13.50                                                |
|                                                      | Total                                                                                     | 63.78                                                | 70.43                                                | 75.71                                                | 20.05                                                |
|                                                      | PUNJAB                                                                                    |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 9                                                    | Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali                                   | 67.19                                                | 17.09                                                | 61.89                                                | 7.50                                                 |
|                                                      | TELANGANA                                                                                 |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 10                                                   | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad | 53.21                                                | 52.01                                                | 61.16                                                | 18.95                                                |
|                                                      | UTTARAKHAND                                                                               |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 11                                                   | Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational- Sciences (ARIES), Nainital                | 20.80                                                | 24.31                                                | 36.35                                                | 7.70                                                 |
| 12                                                   | Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun                                            | 23.91                                                | 37.10                                                | 40.89                                                | 12.45                                                |
|                                                      | Total                                                                                     | 44.71                                                | 61.41                                                | 77.24                                                | 20.15                                                |
|                                                      | UTTAR PARDESH                                                                             |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 13                                                   | Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow                                           | 41.29                                                | 46.04                                                | 53.09                                                | 16.90                                                |
|                                                      | WEST BENGAL                                                                               |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
| 14                                                   | Bose Institute, Kolkata                                                                   | 99.79                                                | 117.48                                               | 97.42                                                | 24.00                                                |
| 15                                                   | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata                                | 118.37                                               | 116.85                                               | 127.63                                               | 32.50                                                |
| 16                                                   | S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata                                     | 34.91                                                | 34.39                                                | 44.69                                                | 10.50                                                |
|                                                      | Total                                                                                     | 253.07                                               | 268.72                                               | 269.74                                               | 67.00                                                |

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| Part 'B' : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)                  | Part 'B' : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)                               | Part 'B' : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)                  | Part 'B' : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)                  | Part 'B' : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)                  | Part 'B' : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)                  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 17                                                            | DELHI                                                                      |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 18                                                            | National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi                    | 38.00                                                         | 48.24                                                         | 31.50                                                         | 14.50                                                         |
| 19                                                            | International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. | 38.60                                                         | 42.00                                                         | 33.50                                                         | 8.00                                                          |
|                                                               | Total                                                                      | 150.10                                                        | 172.68                                                        | 136.55                                                        | 39.50                                                         |
|                                                               | HARYANA                                                                    |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 20                                                            | National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon                                    | 45.00                                                         | 29.13                                                         | 28.45                                                         | 0.00*                                                         |
| 21                                                            | Translational Health Science &Technology, Faridabad                        | 41.94                                                         | 54.50                                                         | 35.50                                                         | 0.00*                                                         |
| 22                                                            | Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad                               | 33.92                                                         | 41.20                                                         | 33.00                                                         | 8.75                                                          |
|                                                               | Total                                                                      | 120.86                                                        | 124.83                                                        | 96.95                                                         | 8.75                                                          |
|                                                               | KARNATAKA                                                                  |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 23                                                            | Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru      | 82.07                                                         | 67.20                                                         | 38.72                                                         | 0.00*                                                         |
|                                                               | KERALA                                                                     |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 24                                                            | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram                  | 85.24                                                         | 97.72                                                         | 91.42                                                         | 30.00                                                         |
|                                                               | MAHARASHTRA                                                                |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 25                                                            | National Centre for Cell Science, Pune                                     | 61.50                                                         | 63.00                                                         | 47.10                                                         | 12.25                                                         |
|                                                               | MANIPUR                                                                    |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 26                                                            | Institute of Bioresources & Sustainable Development, Imphal                | 27.44                                                         | 27.68                                                         | 12.76                                                         | 5.50                                                          |
|                                                               | ODISHA                                                                     |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 27                                                            | Institute of Life Sciences, Bhuvaneswar                                    | 53.63                                                         | 58.02                                                         | 39.50                                                         | 9.64                                                          |
|                                                               | PUNJAB                                                                     |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 28                                                            | National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali                         | 31.48                                                         | 30.15                                                         | 15.75                                                         | 5.50                                                          |
| 29                                                            | Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali                     | 12.52                                                         | 13.17                                                         | 12.00                                                         | 0.00*                                                         |
|                                                               | Total                                                                      | 44.00                                                         | 43.32                                                         | 27.75                                                         | 5.50                                                          |
|                                                               | TELANGANA                                                                  |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 30                                                            | Centre for DNA Finger Printing & Diagnostics, Hyderabad                    | 43.00                                                         | 49.00                                                         | 43.50                                                         | 7.25                                                          |
| 31                                                            | National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad                      | 53.50                                                         | 28.08                                                         | 23.00                                                         | 7.88                                                          |
|                                                               | Total                                                                      | 96.50                                                         | 77.08                                                         | 66.50                                                         | 15.13                                                         |
|                                                               | WEST BENGAL                                                                |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 32                                                            | National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani                         | 26.58                                                         | 30.00                                                         | 19.75                                                         | 6.50                                                          |
| Part 'C' : Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) | Part 'C' : Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)              | Part 'C' : Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) | Part 'C' : Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) | Part 'C' : Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) | Part 'C' : Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) |
|                                                               | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                             |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |                                                               |
| 33                                                            | Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad                         | 127.31                                                        | 142.54                                                        | 128.40                                                        | 30.45                                                         |
| 34                                                            | Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad                         | 223.45                                                        | 234.61                                                        | 189.10                                                        | 55.35                                                         |

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| 35   | National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad                            | 127.55   | 138.74   | 123.70   | 36.96   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
|      | Total                                                                         | 478.31   | 515.88   | 441.20   | 122.76  |
|      | ASSAM                                                                         |          |          |          |         |
| 36   | North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat                          | 93.01    | 108.54   | 87.18    | 21.27   |
|      | JHARKHAND                                                                     |          |          |          |         |
| 37   | Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad                          | 155.37   | 171.28   | 155.31   | 37.56   |
| 38   | National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur                                 | 106.89   | 112.69   | 105.01   | 27.82   |
|      | Total                                                                         | 262.26   | 283.97   | 260.31   | 65.38   |
|      | GUJRAT                                                                        |          |          |          |         |
| 39   | Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar                 | 63.22    | 80.78    | 70.53    | 13.92   |
|      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                              |          |          |          |         |
| 40   | Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur                       | 65.43    | 92.61    | 57.78    | 13.52   |
|      | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                               |          |          |          |         |
| 41   | Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu                               | 119.25   | 103.81   | 78.43    | 18.46   |
|      | KARNATAKA                                                                     |          |          |          |         |
| 42   | Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore                         | 116.94   | 119.75   | 120.07   | 30.78   |
| 43   | National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore                                    | 286.01   | 308.87   | 324.12   | 75.53   |
| 44   | Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore          | 15.07    | 19.29    | 14.67    | 4.86    |
|      | Total                                                                         | 418.01   | 447.91   | 458.85   | 111.16  |
|      | KERALA                                                                        |          |          |          |         |
| 45   | National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Tech (Thiruvananthapuram) | 59.98    | 88.96    | 63.09    | 16.50   |
|      | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                |          |          |          |         |
| 46   | Advanced Materials & Process Research Institute, Bhopal                       | 51.70    | 40.74    | 38.85    | 8.33    |
|      | MAHARASTRA                                                                    |          |          |          |         |
| 47   | National Chemical Laboratory, Pune                                            | 215.67   | 208.48   | 167.91   | 40.55   |
| 48   | National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur                 | 95.16    | 104.27   | 94.52    | 22.22   |
|      | Total                                                                         | 310.82   | 312.75   | 262.42   | 62.77   |
|      | ORISSA                                                                        |          |          |          |         |
| 49   | Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology , Bhubaneswar                    | 84.91    | 91.42    | 84.14    | 17.79   |
|      | RAJASTHAN                                                                     |          |          |          |         |
| 50   | Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani                    | 114.93   | 87.20    | 80.51    | 22.20   |
|      | TAMILNADU                                                                     |          |          |          |         |
| 51   | Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi                         | 109.00   | 122.33   | 125.07   | 27.25   |
| 52   | Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai                                   | 112.22   | 111.02   | 107.71   | 34.99   |

| 53   | CSIR Madras Complex                                                          | 20.55   | 18.75         | 19.74   | 7.07   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------------|---------|--------|
| 54   | Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai                              | 68.20   | 81.91         | 64.05   | 20.95  |
|      | Total                                                                        | 309.97  | 334.00        | 316.56  | 90.26  |
|      | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                |         |               |         |        |
| 55   | Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow                                     | 154.55  | 164.83        | 157.56  | 36.33  |
| 56   | Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow                  | 79.03   | 88.06         | 70.65   | 20.13  |
| 57   | Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow                             | 64.05   | 62.12         | 59.30   | 18.66  |
| 58   | National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow                               | 93.00   | 85.88         | 73.25   | 18.53  |
| 59   | Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad                                 | 10.92   | 16.12         | 9.57    | 2.18   |
|      | Total                                                                        | 401.55  | 417.01        | 370.32  | 95.83  |
|      | UTTRAKHAND                                                                   |         |               |         |        |
| 60   | Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee                                 | 76.02   | 82.93         | 64.41   | 17.05  |
| 61   | Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun                                      | 101.17  | 102.36        | 84.57   | 20.05  |
|      | Total                                                                        | 177.19  | 185.29        | 148.98  | 37.10  |
|      | WEST BENGAL                                                                  |         |               |         |        |
| 62   | Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata                          | 122.44  | 115.03        | 105.60  | 22.21  |
| 63   | Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur                  | 114.73  | 116.40        | 93.38   | 20.27  |
| 64   | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology,Kolkata                                 | 88.20   | 79.24         | 72.15   | 21.48  |
|      | Total                                                                        | 325.37  | 310.67        | 271.12  | 63.96  |
|      | GOA                                                                          |         |               |         |        |
| 65   | National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula                               | 160.67  | 161.11        | 115.28  | 33.31  |
|      | DELHI                                                                        |         |               |         |        |
| 66   | Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi                                   | 71.91   | 73.11         | 69.28   | 19.39  |
| 67   | Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi                           | 60.64   | 70.89         | 51.51   | 13.75  |
| 68   | National Institute of Science Commun. and Information Resources, New Delhi   | 65.62   | 77.80         | 48.85   | 15.24  |
| 69   | National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi | 20.06   | 19.57         | 21.14   | 7.11   |
| 70   | National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi                                      | 144.09  | 150.36        | 153.47  | 41.63  |
| 71   | CSIR Head Quarters, New Delhi #                                              | 493.45  | 657.06        | 563.12  | 172.76 |
|      | Total                                                                        |         | 855.771048.78 | 907.37  | 269.88 |
|      | CHANDIGARH                                                                   |         |               |         |        |
| 72   | Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh                      | 106.77  | 108.38        | 95.75   | 25.41  |
| 73   | Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh                                | 63.30   | 61.30         | 42.36   | 10.81  |
|      | Total                                                                        | 170.07  | 169.69        | 138.11  | 36.22  |

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