Lok Sabha Question No. 2413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: CSIR Fellows
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2413 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023)

## CSIR FELLOWS

## 2413. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has the details of the amount disbursed per month to CSIR fellows in the last four years; .
- (b) if so, the details thereof; State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding the timely disbursal of amount due to CSIR research fellows;
- (d) if so; the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (e) whether the Government has the details of Senior Research Fellowships (SRF-Direct) given to research scholars during the last five years; and
- if so, the details thereof, State-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

(DR: JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) The state and month-wise amount spent exclusively on disbursement on fellowship during the last 4 years (upto February 2023) is placed at Annexure-I: The details of fellowship disbursements state and month-
- (c)
- (d)

wise is available from FY 2019-20 as state-wise Local Government Directory (LGD) code was started from FY 2019-20 only-

- Yes, Sir.
- During the initial days of DBT implementation 01.04.2017, CSIR used to release fellowship amount to its research fellows upon receipt of the duly signed grant-in-aid  fellowship claim bill from the host institutes along with the attendance certificate in respect of the research fellows. As soon as the grant-in-aid bill was received in the fellowship section of CSIR, it was immediately processed after scrutiny of the grant-in-aid bill and the payment was released through the bank directly to the bank accounts of the CSIR research fellowsAnd if any deficiency was noticed in the documents submitted by the host institute(s), the bills were processed subject to receiving the additional information from the host institute(s) and thus there were some delays in release of payment:

Further, due to Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 and 2021, the nationwide lockdown was imposed by CentrallState Governments as a safety measure to the lives of the people and academic and R&D institutions were closed accordingly and the many of the host institutes could not submit the requisite documents for continuationlextension of fellowship tenure and monthly stipend claims and hence delay occurred:

To mitigate the hardship faced by the CSIR research fellows in recent past; CSIR in June-July 2021 linked the payment of fellowship to PFMS and also launched a software solution (https llnewfmsncLres\_in) named as NewFMS for CSIR research scholars and host institutes enabling them to summit monthly attendance reports, joining reports, completion reports etc the portal: On the basis of the attendance regarding the research fellows received on the portal, release of payment in the bank account of the CSIR research fellows is processed: This coupled with increase allotment of funds for the current financial year under the scheme by the Department expenditure, has led to considerable reduction in the number of complaints regarding any delay in payment:

- (e)
- (f) The state-wise Senior Research Fellowships (SRF-Direct) awarded by CSIR to research scholars during FY 2017-18 to FY 2020-21 is placed at Annexure-II.

## The details of month-wise and state-wise amount disbursed as fellowship during last four years

Table la: State-wise amount disbursed during 2019-20 to CSIR research fellows (Rs in crore)

| StatclUT          | Apr-19   | May-19   | Jun-19   | Jul-19   | Aug-19   | Sep-19   | Oct-19   | Nov-[9   | Dcc-19   | Jan-20   | Feb-20   | Mar-20   | Total       |
|-------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 0.059    | 0.139    | 0.035    | 0.034    | 0.124    | 0.127    | 0.134    | 0.139    | 0.130    | 0.H4[    | 0.086    | 0.145    | 1.263       |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.009    | 0.009    | 0.012    | 0.012    | 0.012    | 0.009    | 0.009    | 0.013    | 0.087       |
| ASSAM             | 0.083    | 0.325    | 0.236    | 0.142    | 0.288    | 0.291    | 0.290    | 0.275    | 0.258    | 0.23[    | 0.160    | 0.310    | 2.890       |
| BHAR              | 0.000    | 0.070    | 0.013    | 0.056    | 0.06 [   | 0.068    | 0.07 [   | 0.064    | 0.058    | 0.049    | 0.042    | 0.09 1   | 0.641       |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.289    | 0.375    | 0.950    |          | 0.828    | 0.834    | 0.890    | 0.892    | 0.872    | 0.848    | 0.816    | 0.990    | 8.631       |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 0.024    | 0.099    | 0.068    | 0.005    | 0.080    | 0.071    | 0.059    | 0.056    | 0.053    | 0.028    | 0.005    | 0.089    | 0.638       |
| DELHI             | 0.839    | 6.015    | 3.569    | 1.553    | 4.279    | 4.285    | 4.489    | 4.351    | 4.041    | 3.214    | 2.507    | 5.489    | 44.632      |
|                   | 0.120    | 0.247    | 0.105    | 0.056    | 0.181    | 0.183    | 0.193    | 0.186    | 0.183    | 0.188    | 0.188    |          | 2.122       |
| GUJARAT           | 0.067    | 0.551    | 0.370    | 0.148    | 0.387    | 0.40[    | 0.449    | 0.423    | 0.433    | 0.365    | 0.299    | 0.549    | 4.443       |
| HARYANA           | 0.038    | 0.597    | 0.451    | 0.260    | 0.665    | 0.672    | 0.676    | 0.650    | 0.539    | 0.332    | 0.257    | 0.776    | 5.91[       |
| HMMACHAL PRADESH  | 0.036    | 0.370    | 0.207    | 0.064    | 0.248    | 0.226    | 0.265    | 0.244    | 0.226    | 0.216    | 0.192    | 0.65     | 2.660       |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 0.039    | 0.804    |          | 0.084    | 0.657    | 0.678    | 0.687    | 0.670    | 0.670    | 0.579    | 0.550    |          | 7.344       |
| JHARKHAND         | 0.040    | 0.148    | 0.058    | 0.029    | 0.142    | 0.139    | 0.162    |          | 0.150    | 0.14[    | 0.117    | 0.192    | 1.485       |
| KARNATAKA         | 0.205    | 2.006    | 1.409    | 0.506    |          | 1.14[    | 1336     | 1,316    |          | [263     | 1.094    | 2.336    | 15.223      |
| KERALA            | 0.378    | 1.847    |          | 1.029    | 1.475    | 1.473    |          | 1.487    | 1.419    |          | 0.897    | 2.508    | 16.256      |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 0.264    | 0.907    | 0.547    | 0.168    |          | 0.733    | 0.765    | 0.726    | 0.709    | 0.612    | 0.444    |          | 8.114       |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 0.906    | 3.482    | 1.760    | 1.169    | 2.623    | 2.604    | 2.607    | 2.566    | 2.492    | 2335     | 2.267    | 3.607    | 28.420      |
| MANIPUR           | 0.008    | 0.134    | 0.026    | 0.040    | 0.039    | 0.057    | 0.067    | 0.067    | 0.067    | 0.038    | 0.050    | 0.067    |             |
| MEGHALA YA        | 0.02 1   | 0.028    | 0.038    | 0.032    | 0.040    | 0.046    | 0.050    | 0.043    | 0.034    | 0.024    | 0.020    | 0.050    | 0.660 0.424 |
| MIZORAM           | 0.003    | 0.024    | 0.023    | 0.025    | 0.017    | 0.017    | 0.014    | 0.014    | 0.014    | 0.007    | 0.003    | 0.014    | 0.172       |
| NAGALAND          | 0.000    | 0.009    | 0.009    | 0.002    | 0.004    | 0.004    | 0.004    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.004    | 0.034       |
|                   | 0.006    | 0.375    | 0.570    | 0.238    | 0.476    | 0.464    | 0.486    | 0.499    | 0.460    | 0.462    | 0.373    | 0.986    | 5.393       |
| PUDUCHERRY        | 0.039    | 0.095    | 0.120    | 0.020    | 0.129    | 0.[[6    | 0.099    | 0.132    | 0.126    | 0.120    | 0.120    | 0.199    |             |
| PUNJAB            | 0.079    | L.015    | 0.576    | 0.313    | 0.726    | 0.738    | 0.802    | 0.789    | 0.739    | 0.682    | 0.574    | 1.802    | 8.835       |
| RAJASTHAN         | 0,299    |          | 0.606    | 0.497    | 0.709    | 0.733    | 0.729    | 0.675    | 0.604    | 0.512    | 0.272    | 1.729    | 8.694       |
| SIKKIM            | 0.000    | 0.015    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.010    | 0.007    | 0.007    | 0.007    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.007    | 0.054       |
| TAMIL NADU        | 0.178    | 2.250    | 0.982    | 0.376    | 1.439    | 1.458    | 1493     |          |          | L27[     | 1.002    | 2.493    | 15.652      |
| TELANGANA         | 0.448    | 2.368    | 1.847    | 0.793    | 1.845    | 1.833    |          | 1.824    |          |          |          | 2.896    | 20.823      |
| TRIPURA           | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.003    | 0.000    | 0.017    |          | 1.896    |          | 1.823    | 1.652    | 1.596    |          |             |
|                   |          |          |          |          |          |          | 0.020    | 0.020    | 0.017    | 0.018    | 0.017    | 0.030    | 0.158       |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | [.006    | 4.502    | 2.409    | 2.103    | 3.372    | 3.387    | 3.51 [   | 3.458    | 3.242    | 2.592    |          | 4.51[    | 35.607      |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 0.046    | 0.883    | 0.675    | 0.242    | 0.658    | 0.680    | 0.674    | 0.656    | 0.644    | 0.559    | 0.543    | 0.974    | 7.235       |
| WEST BENGAL       | 1.776    | 6.187    | 2.386    | 1.520    | 4.451    | 4.440    | 4.429    | 4.196    | 4.330    | 4.127    | 3.634    | 6.429    | 47.905      |
| Total             | 7.298    | 37.194   | 22.243   | 14.549   | 28.028   | 27.933   | 28.874   | 27.986   | 26.972   | 23.764   | 19.651   | 42.230   | 303.723     |

Table Ib: State-wise amount disbursed during 2020-21 to CSIR research fellows (Rs. in crore)

| StatclUT          | Apr-20   | May-20   | Jun-20   | Jul-20   | Aug-20   | Scp-20   | Oct-20   | Nov-20   | Dec-20   | Jan-21   | Fcb-21   | Mar-21   | Total   |
|-------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 0.804    | 0.799    | 0.429    | 0.995    | 1.402    | 0.678    | 0.805    | 0.290    | 0.315    |          | 0.61[    | 0.810    | 9.492   |
| HMACHAL PRADESH   | 0.370    | 0.390    | 0.272    | 0.236    | 0.105    |          | 0.127    | 0.03[    | 0.376    | 0.512    | 0.221    | 0.560    | 3.425   |
| PUNJAB            |          | 0.628    | 1.319    |          | 0.593    | 0.738    | 0.456    | 0.408    | 0.897    | 0.880    | 0.599    | 1.543    | 10.257  |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.75     | 2.140    | 1.387    | 1.284    | 1.472    | 0.834    | 1.026    | 0.678    | 1.710    | 0.932    | 0.566    | 2.136    | 14.540  |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 0.883    | 0.795    | 1.070    | 0.456    | 0.434    | 0.680    | 0.415    | 0.282    | 1.102    | 0.078    | 0.729    | 0.783    | 7.408   |
| HARYANA           | 0.597    | 0.054    | 1.076    | 0.855    | 0.693    | 0.672    | 0.654    | 0.349    | 1.476    | 0.998    | 0.714    | 1.330    | 9.469   |
| DELHI             | 6.015    | 4.21[    | 4.939    | 5.310    | 2.809    | 4.285    | 5.722    | 1.396    | 6.129    | 5.627    | 5.824    | 9.023    | 61.291  |
| RAJASTHAN         |          | 0.473    |          | 1.814    | 0.965    | 0.733    | 1.046    | 0.652    | 1,794    | L.575    | 1.098    | 1.316    | 14.060  |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 4.502    | 2.614    | 3.609    | 4.779    | 3.218    | 3.387    |          | 2.364    | 5.520    | 0.485    | 1.941    | 7.087    | 40.810  |
| BHHAR             | 0.070    | 0.104    | 0.088    | 0.207    | 0.138    | 0.068    | 0.083    | 0.003    | 0.064    | 0.095    | 0.051    | 0.194    | 1.163   |
| SIKKMM            | 0.015    | 0.000    | 0.056    | 0.000    | 0.008    | 0.007    | 0.000    | 0.013    | 0.03 [   | 0.008    | 0.000    | 0.023    | 0.161   |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0.000    | 0.037    | 0.000    | 0.028    | 0.040    | 0.009    | 0.012    | 0.000    | 0.099    | 0.009    | 0.023    | 0.047    | 0.305   |
| NAGALAND          | 0.009    | 0.000    | 0.011    | 0.015    | 0.000    | 0.004    | 0.045    | 0.000    | 0.026    |          | 0.000    |          | 0.121   |
| MANPUR            | 0.134    | 0.000    | 0.169    | 0.087    | 0.014    | 0.057    | 0.038    | 0.052    | 0.054    | 0.088    |          | 0.142    | 0.947   |
| MIZORAM           | 0.024    | 0.023    | 0.033    | 0.026    | 0.053    | 0.017    | 0.010    | 0.000    | 0.003    | 0.043    | 0.003    | 0235     | 0.470   |
| TRPPURA           | 0.000    | 0.004    |          | 0.021    | 0.018    | 0.016    | 0.000    | 0.014    | 0.007    | 0.004    | 0.010    | 0.003    | 0.139   |
| MEGHALA YA        | 0.028    | 0.018    | 0.126    | 0.048    | 0.064    | 0.046    | 0.053    | 0.094    | 0.102    | 0.055    | 0.011    | 0.090    | 0.734   |
| ASSAM             | 0.325    | 0.22[    | 0.731    | 0.417    | 0.441    | 0.29 [   | 0.240    | 0.104    | 0.307    | 0.327    | 0.146    | 0.418    | 3.970   |
| WEST BENGAL       | 6.187    | 4.276    |          | 4.163    | 4.638    | 4.440    | 3.628    | 2.202    | 5.349    | 4.750    | 2.575    | 6.185    | 55.649  |
| HHARKHAND         | 0.148    | 0.156    | 0.147    | 0.087    |          | 0.139    | 0.04 [   | 0.042    | 0.096    | 0.230    | 0.098    | 0.176    | 1510    |
| ODISHA            | 0.375    | 0.604    | 0.814    | 0.411    | 0.597    | 0.464    | 0.220    | 0.187    | 1.063    | 0.310    | 0.402    | 0.498    | 5.944   |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 0.099    | 0.01[    | 0.129    | 0.134    | 0.092    |          | 0.138    | 0.039    | 0.103    | 0.068    | 0.07 1   | 0.353    | 1.310   |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 0.907    | 0.851    | 1.08[    | 1.097    | 0.855    | 0.733    | 0.873    | 0.20[    | 0.532    | 1.[20    | 0.585    |          | 9.957   |
| GUJARAT           | 0551     | 0.166    | 0.890    | 0.422    | 0.381    | 0.40     | 0.48     | 0.015    | 0.747    | 0.249    |          | 0.681    | 5.477   |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 3.482    | 2.639    | 2.324    | 2.854    | 1.984    | 2.604    | 0.724    | 1.004    | 3.908    | 3.934    | 1.982    | 2.878    | 30.318  |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 0.139    | 0.143    | 0.198    | 0.14[    | 0.127    | 0.127    | 0.058    | 0.106    | 0.144    | 0.142    | 0.015    | 0.277    | 1.588   |
| KARNATAKA         | 2.006    | L.015    | 3.055    | 1.25     | 1.146    |          | 0.457    | 0.633    | 1.0[[    | 0.707    | 0.836    | 1.848    | 14979   |
| GOA               | 0.247    | 0.466    | 0.176    | 0.071    | 0.184    | 0.183    | 0.055    | 0.127    | 0.230    | 0.249    | 0.144    | 0.160    | 2.293   |
| KERALA            | 1.847    | L.010    | 3.548    | 2.758    | 2.384    | 1.4473   | 0.98[    | 1.065    | 2.929    |          |          | 2.751    | 23.760  |
| TAMIL NADU        | 2.250    | 0.991    | 2213     |          | 0.885    | 1.458    | 0.963    | 0.216    | 2.087    | 0.903    | 0.897    | L909     |         |
| PUDUCHERRY        | 0.095    | 0.022    | 0.483    | 0.156    | 0.090    | 0.1[6    | 0.012    | 0.004    | 0.174    | 0.026    | 0.020    | 0.401    | 1.599   |
| TELANGANA         | 2.368    | 1.248    | 3.963    | 1.820    | 0.010    | 1.833    |          | 0.182    | 2.896    | 1.187    | 0.925    | 2.971    | 20.577  |
| LADAKH            | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.003    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.006    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.009   |
| Total             | 37.194   | 26.082   | 42.899   | 34.555   | 25.991   | 27.933   | 21.542   | [2.766   | 41.288   | 28.859   | 23.000   | 47.951   | 370.061 |

Table Ic: State-wise amount disbursed during 2021-22 to CSIR research fellows (Rs. in crore)

| StatclUT          | Apr-2I   | May-21   | Jun-2[   | Jul-21   | Aug-21   | Scp-21   | Oct-21   | Nov-21   | Dec-21   | Jan-22   | Feb-22   | Mar-22   | Total   |
|-------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 0.044    | 0.357    | 0.146    | 0.039    | 0.043    | 0.117    | 0.284    | 0.133    | 0.236    | 0.206    | 0.133    | 0.151    | 1.890   |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0.016    | 0.036    | 0.046    | 0.039    | 0.044    | 0.052    | 0.003    | 0.058    | 0.069    | 0.037    | 0.096    | 0.028    | 0.525   |
| ASSAM             | 0.353    | 0.556    | 0.509    | 0.588    | 0.318    | 0.785    | 0.910'   | 0.538    | 0.663    | 0.445    | 0.929    |          | 7.316   |
| BHHAR             | 0.051    | 0.335    | 0.1[4    | 0.042    | 0.179    | 0.093    | 0.151    | 0.120    | 0.146    | 0.153    | 0.193    | 0.261    | 1.838   |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.3[6    | 2.173    |          |          | L.094    | 1.899    | 1.190    | 1.054    | 1.221    |          | 1248     | 1.172    | 15.364  |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 0.000    | 0.159    | 0.148    | 0.020    | 0.053    | 0.254    | 0.207    | 0.039    | 0.313    | 0.13[    | 0.024    | 0.173    | 1.521   |
| DELHI             | 0.685    | 7.192    | 5.394    | 3.281    | 3.827    | 7.430    | 4.87[    | 6.312    | 7.069    | 4.248    | 6.083    | 6.228    | 62.620  |
| GOA               | 0.125    | 0.486    | 0.400    | 0.276    | 0.229    | 0.352    | 0.274    | 0.1[0    | 0.401    | 0.253    | 0.203    | 0.269    | 3.378   |
| GUJARAT           | 0.058    | 0.829    | 0.59[    | 0.549    | 0.155    | 0.923    | 0.614    | 0.431    | 0.538    | 0.507    | 0.507    | 0.44 [   | 6.142   |
| HARYANA           | 0.298    | 1.039    | 1.020    |          | 0.990    | 2.979    | L.746    | 1,.387   | 1.481    |          | 1.450    |          | 16.568  |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 0.081    | 0.319    | 0.483    | 0.624    | 0.29[    | 0.603    | 0.590    |          | 0.590    | 0.647    | 0.355    | 0.601    | 5.502   |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 0.014    | 1.138    | 0.697    | 1.160    | 0.375    | 0.875    |          |          | 1.040    | 0.850    | 1268     | 0.787    | 10.529  |
| JHARKHAND         | 0.013    | 0.324    | 0.19[    | 0.145    | 0.119    | 0.226    | 0.215    | 0.179    | 0.171    | 0.162    | 0.166    | 0.208    | 2.119   |
| KARNATAKA         | 0.446    | 2.395    | 2.744    | L.045    | [,349    | 1.722    | 0.603    | 2.253    | 2.740    | 0.769    |          | 3.093    | 20.870  |
| KERALA            | 0.568    | 3.389    | 2.585    | 2.217    | 1.699    | 1.870    | 2.740    | 3.858    | 3.304    | 1.905    | 2.904    | 2.143    | 29.182  |
| LADAKH            | 0.012    | 0.012    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.030    | 0.004    | 0.004    | 0.004    | 0.004    | 0.068   |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 0.215    | 1.457    |          | 0.9[ [   |          |          | 0.647    | 1.234    | 1264     | 0.805    | 0.974    | 0.99 1   |         |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 1,.548   | 3.552    | 3.407    | 2.543    | 2.490    | 3.400    | 4.489    | 3.685    | 3.542    | 2.245    | 3.488    | 2.460    | 36.848  |
|                   | 0.025    | 0.182    | 0.072    | 0.000    | 0.023    | 0.022    | 0.172    | 0.158    | 0.238    | 0.064    | 0.293    | 0.08 [   |         |
| MEGHALA YA        | 0.134    | 0.093    | 0.077    | 0.027    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.040    | 0.243    | 0.052    | 0.023    | 0.060    | 0.090    | 0.839   |
| MIZORAM           |          | 0.051    | 0.020    | 0.007    | 0.090    | 0.096    | 0.183    | 0.039    | 0.059    | 0.049    | 0.052    | 0.038    | 0.683   |
| NAGALAND          | 0.000    | 0.032    | 0.018    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.037    | 0.000    | 0.064    | 0.000    | 0.151   |
| ODISHA            | 0.183    | 0.954    | 0.603    | 0.335    | 0.517    | 2.350    | 0.923    | 0.469    | 0.861    | 0.660    | 0.603    | L.017    | 9.476   |
| PUDUCHERRY        | 0.142    | 0.166    | 0.144    | 0.039    | 0.213    | 0.108    | 0.089    | 0.136    | 0.165    | 0.180    | 0.069    | 0.18 [   | [.633   |
| PUNJAB            | 0.362    |          |          |          | 0.956    | 1.385    | L.785    |          | 1.407    | L3       | [.0u8    |          | 14.046  |
| RAJASTHAN         | 0.161    | 2.008    | L.74}    | L226     |          | 2.000    |          |          | 1.764    |          | 1,3320   |          | 16.718  |
| SIKKIM            | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.017    | 0.003    | 0.003    | 0.012    | 0.007    | 0.003    | 0.060    | 0.003    |          | 0.018    | 0.139   |
| TAMIL NADU        | [.099    | 2.236    | 1.730    |          | 0.997    | 1.665    | 2.012    | 1.369    | [.662    | 1.676    | 1.413    |          | 18.794  |
|                   | 0,997    | 4.16 1   | 2.582    | 3.192    | 2.285    | 2.519    | 2.743    | 2.359    | 2.576    |          | 2.107    |          | 29.09[  |
|                   |          | 00114    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | 0104     |         |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 0.345    | 4.97 [   |          | 3.012    | 3.172    | 6.603    | 6.434    | 3.903    | 5.582    | 4.344    | 5.824    | 4.864    | 52.(69  |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 0.561    | L.747    | 0.410    | 1.044    | 0.672    | L.228    | 0.516    |          | 1.016    | 0.710    | 0.93 [   | [366     |         |
| WEST BENGAL       | 1.068    | 8.974    | 4.427    |          | 2.182    | 7.719    | 5.49[    | 5.677    | 5.899    | 3.839    | 6.140    | 3.550    | 61.245  |
| Total             | 9.928    | 52.650   | 37.229   | 34.326   | 26.473   | 50.546   | 42.399   | 41.032   | 46.195   | 31.971   | 41.617   | 37.936   | 452.303 |

Table Id: State-wise amount disbursed during 2022-23 to CSIR research fellows (Rs. in crore)

| StatcUT                                                                               | Apr 22                                                                                | 22 May                                                                                | Jun 22                                                                                | Jul 22                                                                                | 22 Aug                                                                                | 22 Sep                                                                                | Oct 22                                                                                | Nov 22                                                                                | Dec 22                                                                                | Jan 23                                                                                | Feb 23                                                                                | Mar 23                                                                                | Total                                                                                 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                        | 0.339                                                                                 | 0.213                                                                                 | 0.[88                                                                                 | 0.201                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.217                                                                                 | 0.188                                                                                 | 0.170                                                                                 | 0.246                                                                                 | 0.238                                                                                 | 0.192                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 2.413                                                                                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                     | 0.028                                                                                 | 0.01[                                                                                 | 0.028                                                                                 | 0.073                                                                                 | 0.035                                                                                 | 0.034                                                                                 | 0.095                                                                                 | 0.082                                                                                 | 0.055                                                                                 | 0.048                                                                                 | 0.045                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.534                                                                                 |
| ASSAM                                                                                 | 0.719                                                                                 | 0.625                                                                                 | 0.504                                                                                 | 0.635                                                                                 | 0.468                                                                                 | 0.554                                                                                 | 0.588                                                                                 | 0.456                                                                                 | 0.709                                                                                 | 0.442                                                                                 | 0.527                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 6.227                                                                                 |
| BHHAR                                                                                 | 0.261                                                                                 | 0.249                                                                                 | 0.193                                                                                 | 0.186                                                                                 | 0.159                                                                                 | 0.126                                                                                 | 0.168                                                                                 | 0.555                                                                                 | 0.179                                                                                 | 0.151                                                                                 | 0.152                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 2.379                                                                                 |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                            | 1.145                                                                                 | 1.230                                                                                 | 1.172                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.025                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1,370                                                                                 | 0.845                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.201                                                                                 | 1.098                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 12.867                                                                                |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                          | 0.173                                                                                 | 0.156                                                                                 | 0.019                                                                                 | 0.149                                                                                 | 0.126                                                                                 | 0.102                                                                                 | 0.027                                                                                 | 0.063                                                                                 | 0.065                                                                                 | 0.069                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.974                                                                                 |
| DELHI                                                                                 | 6.663                                                                                 | 5.940                                                                                 | 4.636                                                                                 | 6.096                                                                                 | 4.226                                                                                 | 5.528                                                                                 | 7.139                                                                                 | 4.643                                                                                 | 4.912                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 4.385                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 58.529                                                                                |
| GOA                                                                                   | 0.231                                                                                 | 0.250                                                                                 | 0.336                                                                                 | 0.238                                                                                 | 0.187                                                                                 | 0.183                                                                                 | 0.174                                                                                 | 0.140                                                                                 | 0.202                                                                                 | 0.213                                                                                 | 0.201                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 2.355                                                                                 |
| GUJARAT                                                                               | 0.441                                                                                 | 0.533                                                                                 | 0.338                                                                                 | 0.579                                                                                 | 0.441                                                                                 | 0.554                                                                                 | 0.462                                                                                 | 0.455                                                                                 | 0.367                                                                                 | 0.525                                                                                 | 0.470                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 5.165                                                                                 |
| HARYANA                                                                               | 1.299                                                                                 | 1.608                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.579                                                                                 | L.219                                                                                 | LSS[                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 1,.298                                                                                | 0.886                                                                                 |                                                                                       | [.499                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 15.224                                                                                |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                      | 0.601                                                                                 | 0.469                                                                                 | 0.495                                                                                 | 0.520                                                                                 | 0.33 [                                                                                | 0.553                                                                                 | 0.515                                                                                 | 0.459                                                                                 | 0.255                                                                                 | 0.556                                                                                 | 0.450                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 5.204                                                                                 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                     | 0.787                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.165                                                                                 | 0.972                                                                                 | 0.678                                                                                 | 0.867                                                                                 | 0.736                                                                                 | 0.69[                                                                                 | 0.858                                                                                 | 0.717                                                                                 | 0.915                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 9.452                                                                                 |
| JHARKHAND                                                                             | 0.204                                                                                 | 0.305                                                                                 | 0.238                                                                                 | 0.190                                                                                 | 0.110                                                                                 | 0.124                                                                                 | 0.246                                                                                 | 0.125                                                                                 | 0.249                                                                                 | 0.096                                                                                 | 0.185                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 2.072                                                                                 |
| KARNATAKA                                                                             | 3.093                                                                                 | 1.906                                                                                 | 2.497                                                                                 | 1.624                                                                                 | 1.664                                                                                 | 2.134                                                                                 | 1,.544                                                                                | L.792                                                                                 | 1.778                                                                                 | 1.647                                                                                 | 1.736                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 21.415                                                                                |
| KERALA                                                                                | 2.194                                                                                 | 2.396                                                                                 | 2.060                                                                                 | 2.523                                                                                 | 2.451                                                                                 | 2.096                                                                                 | 2.129                                                                                 | 2.157                                                                                 | 2.137                                                                                 | 2.119                                                                                 | 2.244                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 24.506                                                                                |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                        | 0.991                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.851                                                                                 | 0.967                                                                                 | 0.828                                                                                 | 0.764                                                                                 | 0.826                                                                                 | 0.866                                                                                 | 0.786                                                                                 | 0.846                                                                                 | 0.825                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 9.949                                                                                 |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                           | 2.477                                                                                 | 3.496                                                                                 | 2.879                                                                                 | 3.281                                                                                 | 2.860                                                                                 | 2.525                                                                                 | 2.271                                                                                 | 2.489                                                                                 | 2.874                                                                                 | 2.449                                                                                 | 2.346                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 29.947                                                                                |
| MANPPUR                                                                               | 0.081                                                                                 | 0.126                                                                                 | '0.166                                                                                | 0.166                                                                                 | 0.061                                                                                 | 0.127                                                                                 | 0.169                                                                                 | 0.007                                                                                 | 0.177                                                                                 | 0.067                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.147                                                                                 |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                             | 0.090                                                                                 | 0.08 [                                                                                | 0.041                                                                                 | 0.015                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.206                                                                                 | 0.169                                                                                 | 0.053                                                                                 | 0.033                                                                                 | 0.047                                                                                 | 0.01[                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.746                                                                                 |
| MIZORAM                                                                               | 0.038                                                                                 | 0.104                                                                                 | 0.045                                                                                 | 0.045                                                                                 | 0.046                                                                                 | 0.076                                                                                 | 0.083                                                                                 | 0.042                                                                                 | 0.073                                                                                 | 0.049                                                                                 | 0.039                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.64                                                                                  |
| NAGALAND                                                                              | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.059                                                                                 | 0.044                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.058                                                                                 | 0.060                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.034                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.255                                                                                 |
| ODISHA                                                                                | 1.148                                                                                 | 0.997                                                                                 | 0.640                                                                                 | 0.89[                                                                                 | 0.728                                                                                 | 0.73 [                                                                                | 0.560                                                                                 | 0.676                                                                                 | 0.773                                                                                 | 0.634                                                                                 | 0.568                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 8.346                                                                                 |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                            | 0.188                                                                                 | 0.125                                                                                 | 0.135                                                                                 | 0.144                                                                                 | 0.080                                                                                 | 0.146                                                                                 | 0.170                                                                                 | 0.[[                                                                                  | 0.107                                                                                 | 0.093                                                                                 | 0.094                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1363                                                                                  |
| PUNJAB                                                                                |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 1.9(                                                                                  | L351                                                                                  | 0.781                                                                                 | 1.639                                                                                 | 0.942                                                                                 | 1.070                                                                                 | 1.033                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.971                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 12.555                                                                                |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                             | 1.458                                                                                 | 1,.996                                                                                | [262                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 2.049                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.583                                                                                 | 0.980                                                                                 | 0.958                                                                                 | 1,421                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 16.302                                                                                |
| SIKKIM                                                                                | 0.018                                                                                 | 0.003                                                                                 | 0.056                                                                                 | 0.003                                                                                 | 0.003                                                                                 | 0.018                                                                                 | 0.00}                                                                                 | 0.003                                                                                 | 0.003                                                                                 | 0.003                                                                                 | 0.00}                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.116                                                                                 |
| TAMIL NADU                                                                            | [.248                                                                                 | 1.432                                                                                 | L.274                                                                                 | 1.066                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.416                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.779                                                                                 | 1.069                                                                                 | 0.742                                                                                 | 0.937                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 12.168                                                                                |
| TELANGANA                                                                             |                                                                                       | 2.347                                                                                 | [.989                                                                                 | 2.406                                                                                 | 2.092                                                                                 | 1.742                                                                                 | 1.675                                                                                 | 1.789                                                                                 | 1,.944                                                                                | L.754                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |
| TRIPURA                                                                               | 0.055                                                                                 | 0.014                                                                                 | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.048                                                                                 | 0.007                                                                                 | 0.027                                                                                 | 0.012                                                                                 | 0.005                                                                                 | 0.019                                                                                 | 0.007                                                                                 | 0.017                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                         | 4.860                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 4,075                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 3.645                                                                                 | 3.930                                                                                 | 3.427                                                                                 | 3.36[                                                                                 | 4.055                                                                                 | 3.17                                                                                  | 3.994                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 43.16                                                                                 |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                           | 1.378                                                                                 |                                                                                       | L.004                                                                                 | 0.894                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1.049                                                                                 | 0.748                                                                                 | 0.812                                                                                 | 1.49                                                                                  | 0.541                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 10.964                                                                                |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                           | 4.619                                                                                 | 6.149                                                                                 | 6.043                                                                                 | 5.310                                                                                 | 4.934                                                                                 | 5.333                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 4.254                                                                                 | 4.742                                                                                 | 4.523                                                                                 | 5.005                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 55.912                                                                                |
| Total                                                                                 | 39.737                                                                                | 42.347                                                                                | 36.917                                                                                | 39.604                                                                                | JJ375                                                                                 | 37,.551                                                                               | 34.984                                                                                | JL.89[                                                                                | 33.871                                                                                | 31.034                                                                                | 33.367                                                                                |                                                                                       | 394.678                                                                               |
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Annexure-II The state-wise Senior Research Fellowships (SRF-Direct) awarded by CSIR to research scholars during FY 2017-18 to FY 2020-21

| StatelUt          |     | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|-------------------|-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 8   | 7         | 10        | 3         |
| Arunachal Pradesh |     | 1         | 1         |           |
| Assam             | 26  | 14        | 17        |           |
| Bihar             | 2   | 2         | 1         |           |
| Delhi             | 57  | 40        | 18        | 3         |
| Goa               | 9   | 9         | 9         | 2         |
| Gujarat           | 35  | 10        | 11        |           |
| Haryana           | 13  | 13        |           |           |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 7   | 13        |           |           |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 14  | 15        |           |           |
| Jharkhand         |     | 4         | 3         |           |
| Karnataka         | 25  | 26        | 11        |           |
| Kerala            | 26  | 21        | 13        |           |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 17  | 9         | 4         | 3         |
| Maharashtra       | 51  | 50        | 20        |           |
| Manipur           | 4   |           |           |           |
| Meghalaya         | 3   | 3         |           |           |
| Mizoram           |     | 1         |           |           |
| Nagaland          |     | 1         |           |           |
| Odisha            | 17  | 10        | 6         | 2         |
| Puducherry        | 5   |           | 1         |           |
| Punjab            | 26  | 27        | 27        | 3         |
| Chandigarh        | 9   | 6         | 5         | 4         |
| Rajasthan         | 22  | 14        | 11        | 9         |
| Sikkim            | 1   | 3         |           |           |
| Telangana         | 31  | 26        | 19        | 2         |
| Tamilnadu         | 129 | 118       | 63        | 16        |
| Tripura           | 1   | 1         |           |           |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 92  | 54        | 30        | 6         |
| Uttarakhand       | 7   | 6         | 6         | 1         |
| West Bengal       | 78  | 46        | 19        | 16        |
| Total             | 723 | 550       | 325       | 106       |

The selection in 2020-21 is the spillover of the advertisement published in 2019 as due to COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, nationwide lockdown was imposed and all institutions were closed and hence no advertisement could be published for SRFDirect in 2020.

It is further stated that no Advertisement for SRF-Direct was released by CSIR in 2021 due to COVID-19 lockdown and closure of academic and R&D institutions all across the country and thus no Senior Research Fellowships (SRF-Direct) was awarded by CSIR in FY 2021-22.

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