Lok Sabha Question No. 3546 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Setting up of Science Centres in All States
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Khan Saumitra, Narendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3546

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021 SETTING UP OF SCIENCE CENTRES IN ALL STATES

## 3546.     SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN: SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up science centres and Zonal mechanism for research assistance in all States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  requests  from  the  State  Governments  for promoting research and development work in their respective States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM & DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a)to(e): Under the Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPoCS), National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, has developed a chain of Science Cities/ Science Centres/ Innovation Hubs throughout the Country.

As per the scheme guidelines, the projects are taken up on receipt of the proposal from  State-Govt/UTs  with  commitments  of  encumbrance  free  land,  cost  of  the project (capital & corpus), operation, manpower and management of the project etc.

List  of  new  projects  that  are  in  progress  in  various  States/UTs  under  SPoCS Scheme is attached at Annexure-A . A list of projects which have been approved by MoC and are in the pipeline is placed at Annexure-B .

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## ANNEXURE-A

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)to(e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3546 FOR 20.12.2021

## New Science Centre projects taken up by NCSM under SPoCS Scheme of Govt. of India

|   Sl. No. | Names of the new science centre projects taken up by NCSM under SPOCS Scheme of Govt. of India   | Located in State/UT   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        01 | Science City, Guwahati                                                                           | Assam                 |
|        02 | Regional Science Centre, Kottayam                                                                | Kerala                |
|        03 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Palampur                                                            | Himachal Pradesh      |
|        04 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Gaya                                                                | Bihar                 |
|        05 | Sub- Regional Science Centre, Almora                                                             | Uttarakhand           |
|        06 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur                                                             | Rajasthan             |
|        07 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Mayabundar                                                          | A&N Islands           |
|        08 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Kokrajhar                                                           | Assam                 |
|        09 | Science Centre, (Category-II) Rajahmundry                                                        | Andhra Pradesh        |
|        10 | Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Science City, Patna                                                        | Bihar                 |
|        11 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Ambala                                                                  | Haryana               |
|        12 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Ujjain                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh        |
|        13 | Science City, Dehradun                                                                           | Uttarakhand           |

## ANNEXURE-B

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)to(e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3546 FOR 20.12.2021

## New Projects approved by MoC under SPoCS Scheme of Govt. of India

|   Sl. No. | Names of the new projects approved by MoC   | Located in State/UT   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        01 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Jabalpur #         | Madhya Pradesh        |
|        02 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Ajmer ##           | Rajasthan             |
|        03 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Kanyakumari $      | Tamil Nadu            |
|        04 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Bikaner**          | Rajasthan             |
|        05 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Srinagar *         | Jammu & Kashmir       |

- # Clearance of land is awaited from Govt. of Madhya Pradesh;

## MoU yet to be signed. Funds released by State Govt.

- $ MoU signed but funds yet to be released by State Govt.
- ** Project approved by MoC. MoU yet to be signed. Funds to be released by State Govt.
* Project approved by MoC. MoU signed. Work yet to start, as the State Government is to release share of Corpus fund and inform regarding site development as per site requirement.

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