Lok Sabha Question No. 2642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Atal Tinkering Labs
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2642

TO BE ANSWERED 10.03.2021

## ATAL TINKERING LABS

## 2642. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

Will the Minister of Planning be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  amount  spent  on  Atal  Tinkering  Labs  (ATLs)  under  Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) from the inception of the scheme till date, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the number of schools that have ATLs, State-wise and distribution of such labs in Government and private schools;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  plan  to  expand  the  scheme  to  all  schools  in  the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IPLEMENTATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) &  (b)  The  information  pertaining  to  the  amount  spent  on  Atal  Tinkering  Labs (ATLs) under Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) per state from the inception of the scheme till date; and  the details of the number of school that have ATLs, statewise and distribution of such labs in Government and Private schools; is placed at Annexure A.
- (c) Currently, AIM has no plan to expand the scheme to all schools in the country, as per budgetary mandate.
- (d) The  mandate  of  the  Atal  Innovation  Mission  is  to  set-up  and  establish  10,000 ATLs  in  schools  across  the  country.  The  selection  of  10,000  schools  for  the establishment of ATL is done and till date, 7138 schools have received the ATL Grant-in-Aid.

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Annexure A : State Wise number of ATLs and amount spent on ATLs.

| State                      | Count of Schools   | Count of Schools   | Count of Schools   | Grant Amount (in Cr.)   |
|----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
| State                      | Government         | Private            | Total              | Grant Amount (in Cr.)   |
| Andaman and Nicobar Island | 9                  | 1                  | 10                 | 1.2                     |
| Andhra Pradesh             | 467                | 103                | 570                | 68.4                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh          | 26                 | 4                  | 30                 | 3.6                     |
| Assam                      | 229                | 51                 | 280                | 33.6                    |
| Bihar                      | 50                 | 32                 | 82                 | 9.84                    |
| Chandigarh                 | 12                 | 6                  | 18                 | 2.16                    |
| Chhattisgarh               | 250                | 54                 | 304                | 36.48                   |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli     | 1                  | 2                  | 3                  | 0.36                    |
| Delhi                      | 65                 | 127                | 192                | 23.04                   |
| Goa                        | 15                 | 2                  | 17                 | 2.04                    |
| Gujarat                    | 352                | 149                | 501                | 60.12                   |
| Haryana                    | 69                 | 222                | 291                | 34.92                   |
| Himachal Pradesh           | 46                 | 50                 | 96                 | 11.52                   |
| Jammu and Kashmir          | 40                 | 30                 | 70                 | 8.4                     |
| Jharkhand                  | 46                 | 46                 | 92                 | 11.04                   |
| Karnataka                  | 414                | 163                | 577                | 69.24                   |
| Kerala                     | 233                | 93                 | 326                | 39.12                   |
| Madhya Pradesh             | 220                | 204                | 424                | 50.88                   |
| Maharashtra                | 679                | 113                | 792                | 95.02                   |
| Manipur                    | 31                 | 40                 | 71                 | 8.52                    |
| Meghalaya                  | 10                 | 2                  | 12                 | 1.44                    |
| Mizoram                    | 15                 | 7                  | 22                 | 2.64                    |
| Nagaland                   | 2                  | 21                 | 23                 | 2.76                    |
| Odisha                     | 168                | 90                 | 258                | 30.96                   |
| Puducherry                 | 12                 | 5                  | 17                 | 2.04                    |
| Punjab                     | 65                 | 103                | 168                | 20.16                   |
| Rajasthan                  | 161                | 168                | 329                | 39.48                   |
| Sikkim                     | 21                 | 4                  | 25                 | 3                       |
| Tamil Nadu                 | 330                | 165                | 495                | 59.4                    |
| Telangana                  | 152                | 78                 | 230                | 27.6                    |
| Tripura                    | 13                 | 1                  | 14                 | 1.68                    |
| Uttar Pradesh              | 127                | 481                | 608                | 72.96                   |
| Uttarakhand                | 18                 | 41                 | 59                 | 7.08                    |
| West Bengal                | 109                | 23                 | 132                | 15.84                   |
| Total                      | 4457               | 2681               | 7138               | 856.54                  |