Lok Sabha Question No. 5359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Women Scientists
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5359

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2023

## WOMEN SCIENTISTS

5359.   SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of Science and Technology ͪव£ान और Ĥोɮयोͬगकȧ मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise details of the number and percentage of Women Scientists who got research projects sponsored under the Women Scientists Scheme-A (WOS-A) in the years  2017  to  2022  out  of  the  total  number  of  Women  Scientists  who  applied  for research projects under this scheme; and
- (b) the State-wise details of the percentage of the number of Women Scientists who got the projects under the Training between the years 2017 and 2022?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF 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) Under  the  Women  Scientists  Scheme-A  (WOS-A),  total  1199  women scientists got research projects out of 3453 women applied during the years 2017 to 2022. The State-wise details of the number and percentage of Women Scientists who got research projects under the Women Scientists Scheme-A in the years 2017 to 2022 are mentioned below:

|   Sl. No. | States/UTs        |   Applied |   Selected |   Percentage |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|------------|--------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |        89 |         20 |        22.47 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |         4 |          1 |        25    |
|         3 | Assam             |        68 |         27 |        39.7  |
|         4 | Bihar             |        17 |          5 |        29.41 |
|         5 | Chandigarh        |        66 |         24 |        36.36 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh      |        20 |          8 |        40    |
|         7 | Delhi             |       311 |        125 |        40.19 |
|         8 | Goa               |        18 |          5 |        27.77 |
|         9 | Gujarat           |        92 |         31 |        33.69 |
|        10 | Haryana           |        86 |         23 |        26.74 |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh  |        51 |         16 |        31.37 |

| 12.   | Jammu & Kashmir   |   72 |   29 |   40.27 |
|-------|-------------------|------|------|---------|
| 13.   | Jharkhand         |   32 |    7 |   21.87 |
| 14.   | Karnataka         |  271 |   85 |   31.36 |
| 15.   | Kerala            |  208 |   71 |   34.13 |
| 16.   | Madhya Pradesh    |   90 |   34 |   37.77 |
| 17.   | Maharashtra       |  330 |  143 |   43.33 |
| 18.   | Manipur           |   20 |   12 |   60    |
| 19.   | Meghalaya         |    2 |    1 |   50    |
| 20.   | Mizoram           |    8 |    3 |   37.5  |
| 21.   | Nagaland          |    5 |    1 |   20    |
| 22.   | Odisha            |   75 |   28 |   37.33 |
| 23.   | Puducherry        |   17 |    5 |   29.41 |
| 24.   | Punjab            |  100 |   35 |   35    |
| 25.   | Rajasthan         |   96 |   29 |   30.2  |
| 26.   | Sikkim            |    1 |    1 |  100    |
| 27.   | Tamil Nadu        |  423 |  111 |   26.24 |
| 28.   | Telangana         |  230 |   90 |   39.13 |
| 29.   | Tripura           |    2 |    0 |    0    |
| 30.   | Uttar Pradesh     |  325 |  100 |   30.76 |
| 31.   | Uttarakhand       |   63 |   23 |   36.5  |
| 32.   | West Bengal       |  263 |  107 |   40.68 |
|       | TOTAL             | 3453 | 1199 |   34.72 |

## (b)  The  Women  Scientists  Scheme-C  (WOS-C)  of  the  Department  of  Science  and Technology  provides  one-year  training  in  Intellectual  Property  Rights  (IPRs).  The State-wise  details  of  the  percentage  of  the  number  of  Women Scientists  who  got training under WOS-C between the years 2017 and 2022 are as follows:

| State/UTs                        |   Applied |   Selected |   Percentage |
|----------------------------------|-----------|------------|--------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar              |         4 |          0 |         0    |
| Andhra Pradesh                   |       532 |          8 |         1.5  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                |         4 |          0 |         0    |
| Assam                            |       113 |          1 |         0.88 |
| Bihar                            |       286 |          7 |         2.44 |
| Chandigarh                       |        45 |          2 |         4.44 |
| Chhattisgarh                     |       117 |          2 |         1.7  |
| Dadar, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu |         5 |          0 |         0    |
| Delhi                            |       925 |         54 |         5.83 |
| Goa                              |        21 |          0 |         0    |

| Gujarat           |   224 |   8 |   3.57 |
|-------------------|-------|-----|--------|
| Haryana           |   547 |  17 |   3.1  |
| Himachal Pradesh  |   154 |   2 |   1.29 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |   172 |   0 |   0    |
| Jharkhand         |   180 |   5 |   2.77 |
| Karnataka         |   703 |  21 |   2.98 |
| Kerala            |  1141 |  32 |   2.8  |
| Madhya Pradesh    |   431 |   6 |   1.39 |
| Maharashtra       |  1795 |  37 |   2.06 |
| Manipur           |    35 |   0 |   0    |
| Meghalaya         |    13 |   0 |   0    |
| Mizoram           |     1 |   0 |   0    |
| Nagaland          |     5 |   0 |   0    |
| Odisha            |   275 |   4 |   1.45 |
| Puducherry        |    25 |   0 |   0    |
| Punjab            |   179 |   9 |   5.02 |
| Rajasthan         |   307 |  11 |   3.58 |
| Tamil Nadu        |  1234 |  44 |   3.56 |
| Telangana         |   632 |   8 |   1.26 |
| Tripura           |    17 |   1 |   5.88 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |  1866 |  70 |   3.75 |
| Uttarakhand       |   242 |   9 |   3.71 |
| West Bengal       |   574 |  23 |   4    |
| Total             | 12804 | 381 |   2.97 |

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