Lok Sabha Question No. 3679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Funds released to Kerala
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3679 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.3.2023

## FUNDS RELEASED TO KERALA

## 3679. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

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

be

- (a) the details of the funds released to Kerala including Kottayam under various schemes of the Ministry of Science and Technology;
- (b)  whether  the  funds  released  under  the  said  scheme  have  already  been utilised in the conceived schemes; and
- (c) if so, the details of such schemes under which the work has been completed or is on the verge of completion?

## 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) The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of India (GoI) is implementing several schemes for the promotion of Science and Technology (S&T) in the country including the State of Kerala through three main wings of the  Ministry  namely  the  Department  of  Science  and  Technology  (DST),  the Department  of  Biotechnology  (DBT)  and  the  Department  of  Scientific  and Industrial Research (DSIR)/ Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The schemes and programmes of the Ministry are in alignment with different components of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and National Development  Programmes  (NDPs)  catering  to  different  cross-sections  of society and nurturing the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem through support towards
- i.
- ii.
- Research & Development
- S&T Institutional and Human Capacity Building,
- iii. Innovation,  Technology  Development  and  Deployment  for  socioeconomic development

Suitable technologies for rejuvenating aged coffee plants were introduced in Kottayam  for  the  socio-economic  benefit  of  coffee  farmers.  St.  George's College, Kottayam and M. G. University, Kottayam, have been supported under Fund for Improvement of S&T (FIST) infrastructure in Universities and higher educational  institutions  and  Sophisticated  Analytical  Instrument  Facilities (SAIF)/Promotion  of  University  Research  and  Scientific  Excellence  (PURSE) schemes of DST respectively.

The details of the funds released under various schemes and programmes of the  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology  to  the  state  of  Kerala  including Koyattam during the last three years are given in the table below:

| Name of Umbrella Scheme                                      | Fund released (in Lakhs) during FY 2019-20, FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| A. Department of Science and Technology                      |                                                                         |
| Innovation Technology Development and Deployment             | 7374.28                                                                 |
| Research & Development                                       | 602.15                                                                  |
| S&T Institutional & Human Capacity Building                  | 12822.73                                                                |
| National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems | 0.44                                                                    |
| Total (A)                                                    | 20799.60                                                                |
| B. Department of Biotechnology                               |                                                                         |
| Biotechnology Research and Development Scheme                | 9725.00                                                                 |
| Industrial and Entrepreneurship Development Scheme           | 1197.00                                                                 |
| Total (B)                                                    | 10922.00                                                                |
| Grand Total (A+B)                                            | 31721.60                                                                |

- (b)  and  (c)  The  schemes  and  programmes  of  the  Ministry  of  Science  and Technology  are  ongoing  and  the  funds  released  under  these  schemes  and programmes  are  being  utilized  for  creating  S&T  infrastructure,  S&T-led innovations and startups, technology development and seeding of the cuttingedge, futuristic areas of S&T to strengthen the STI ecosystem in the state of Kerala including Kottayam.

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