Lok Sabha Question No. 4774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Atal Tinkering Labs
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4774 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## ATAL TINKERING LABS

## †4774. DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the names of the institutions where Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) are to be established as per the provision/criteria required for their establishment including those where ATLs have been established till date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the number of ATLs established in Madhya Pradesh till date, district-wise and  institutions-wise  including  in  Balaghat  and  Seoni  districts  along  with  the  funds sanctioned thereof;
- (c) whether physical verification of the labs established in Seoni and Balaghat districts has been done by any officer and if so, the details thereof along with the status of payment; and
- (d) whether the Government intends to blacklist the officer making payment without physical verification  and  the  vendor  (agency)  supplying  poor  quality  materials  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) With a vision to 'Cultivate one Million children in  India as Neoteric  Innovators', Atal Innovation  Mission  (AIM),  NITI  Aayog  has  established  Atal  Tinkering  Laboratories (ATLs)  in  schools  across  India.  The  objective  of  this  scheme  is  to  foster  curiosity, creativity, and imagination in young minds; and inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing etc.

The guidelines for setting up/establishment of ATL along with criteria for selection of ATL establishment is available on AIM website and is placed here:

https://aim.gov.in/pdf/ATL-Application\_Guidelines-2018.pdf

AIM has  successfully  completed  its  mandate  of  setting  up  a  total  of  10,000  ATLs  in schools  across  the  country.  The  list  of  schools  where  ATLs  have  been  established  till date, State/UT-wise is available on AIM website and is placed here: https://aim.gov.in/pdf/OperationalATLsInIndia.pdf

- (b) Out  of  10,000  ATLs  established  till  date  across  the  country,  601  ATLs  have  been established in Madhya Pradesh. The details of ATLs established in Madhya Pradesh, is available on AIM website and is placed here: https://aim.gov.in/pdf/OperationalATLsInIndia.pdf

Out of 601 ATLs established till date across the state of Madhya Pradesh, 26 ATLs have been established in Seoni district and 7 ATLs have been established in Balaghat district.

The details  of  ATLs  established  in  Seoni  and  Balaghat  districts,  institution-wise  along with the fund sanctioned is placed at Annexure I and Annexure II respectively.

- (c) & (d) AIM is in continuous touch with all the ATL schools through regular engagements, events, and compliance checks. AIM has set up online dashboard where schools can selfreport  data  such  as  school  and  teacher  engagements,  events  conducted,  and  projects created by the students. Additionally, AIM also conducts physical visits round the year to different  states/districts  on  a  random  basis  for  verification  of  compliance  to  AIM guidelines,  activities,  and  lab  establishment  in  schools.  AIM  has  also  conducted  third party assessment of ATLs, selected on random basis, across the country. Based on onsite verification  done  by  AIM  officers  and  Third  Party  Assessment  of  ATLs,  the  relevant measures are taken for any non-compliance to AIM guidelines including handholding and mentoring for such schools for course correction.

AIM  has  mandated  the  schools  to  procure  ATL  equipment  from  Government  EMarketplace (GeM) only. The detailed guidelines for procuring equipment from GeM is available on AIM website and is placed here: https://aim.gov.in/pdf/Procurement\_Guidelines.pdf. Any deviation from these guidelines is bound to be escalated to GeM as per the processes set up by GeM.

## Annexure I:

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4774 FOR 29.03.2023 REGARDING ATAL TINKERING LABS  BY DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

## Details of funded Atal Tinkering Labs in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh

|   ATL CODE | Name of School                                           | District   | State          | Address                                                             |   Amount Disbursed (Tranche-1) in crores |   Amount Disbursed (Tranche-2) in crores |   Total Amount Disbursed in crores |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|   10311315 | JNV SEONI                                                | SEONI      | MADHYA PRADESH | JNV KANHIWADA SEONI                                                 |                                     0.12 |                                     0    |                               0.12 |
|   94151883 | ARUNANCH AL PUBLIC SCHOOL                                | SEONI      | MADHYA PRADESH | RAJPOOT COLONY TAIGOREWARD SEONI                                    |                                     0.12 |                                     0    |                               0.12 |
|   32407393 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KEDARPUR             | SEONI      | MADHYA PRADESH | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KEDARPUR SEONI GHANSOR MP 480497 |                                     0.12 |                                     0.02 |                               0.14 |
|    2982522 | NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL SEONI | SEONI      | MADHYA PRADESH | NEAR BUS STAND SEONI DISTT-SEONI MP                                 |                                     0.12 |                                     0    |                               0.12 |
|   19922993 | GOVERNME NT EXCELLENC E HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KURAI    | SEONI      | MADHYA PRADESH | GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KURAI DISTICT - SEONI |                                     0.12 |                                     0    |                               0.12 |

|   26424902 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BANDOL        | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BANDOLGRAM POST - BANDOL DISTRICT - SEONI (M.P.) PIN CODE :- 480882   |   0.12 |    0 |   0.12 |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------|--------|
|   10472190 | SHRI ADARSH SARSWATI SHISHU MANDIR CHHAPARA       | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | DUNGARIYAWARD CHHAPARA DIST.SEONI M.P. PIN CODE- 480884                                                  |   0.12 | 0.02 |   0.14 |
|   18783144 | KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SEONI                          | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | BARGHAT RAOD DUNDASEONI DIST. - SEONI M.P. 480661                                                        |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |
|   62009535 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KINDRAI       | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KINDRAI SEONI MP- 480997                                              |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |
|  913710196 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KHAIRAPAL ARI | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KHAIRAPALARI SEONI KEOLARI MADHYAPRADESH- 480991                      |   0.12 | 0.02 |   0.14 |
|  189210350 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BARODAMA L    | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BARODAMAL SEONI MP-480999                                             |   0.12 | 0.02 |   0.14 |

|   14397041 | MISSION HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CHHAPARA                | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | MISSION HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL MAIN ROAD P.O. CHHAPARA DISTRICT- SEONI M.P. 480884   |   0.12 |    0 |   0.12 |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------|--------|
|   24091454 | GOVERNME NT EXCELLENC E SCHOOL SEONI                    | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE SCHOOL SEONI                                                    |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |
|  184210227 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMARIKH URD       | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | CHAMARIKHURD SEONI MP-480887                                                          |   0.12 | 0.02 |   0.14 |
|   10585442 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH MANDIR         | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH MANDIR, SEONI                                 |   0.12 | 0.02 |   0.14 |
|   31829269 | GOVERNME NT EXCELLENC E HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BARGHAT | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BARGHAT, SEONI                          |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |
|  504110352 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL SUNWARA             | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | SUNWARA DHANORA SEONIMP -480884                                                       |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |

|   20808587 | GOVERNME NT EXCELLENC E SCHOOL KEOLARI                   | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | VILL&PO KEOLARI DISTT SEONI, MP PIN CODE 480994                |   0.12 |    0 |   0.12 |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------|--------|
|   25279107 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BORIYA               | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BORIYA DIST-SEONI MP 480884 |   0.12 | 0.02 |   0.14 |
|  289810412 | GOVERNME NT URDU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL SEONI           | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT URDU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL SEONI MP- 480661       |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |
|  265210272 | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BUDHENAK ALA SEONI   | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | BUDHENAKALA BARGHAT MP-480667 SEONI                            |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |
|  161311242 | GOVERNME NT BOYS HIGHER SCONDARY SCHOOL DHUMA            | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | DHUMA                                                          |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |
|  158910896 | GOVERNME NT EXCELLENC E HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CHHAPARA | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | MAIN ROAD CHHAPARA SEONI (MADHYA PRADESH)                      |   0.12 | 0    |   0.12 |

| 439411001   | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BHOMA       | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BHOMA SEONI MP- 480990                           | 0.12         | 0            |   0.12 |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------|
| 205115368   | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL DARASIKAL A | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL DARASIKALA KURAI SEONI MADHYA PRADESH - 480771   | 0.12         | 0.04         |   0.16 |
| 280310231   | GOVERNME NT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KAHANI      | SEONI   | MADHYA PRADESH   | GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KAHANI BLOCK GHANSORE DISTRICT - SEONIMP -480999 | 0.12         | 0            |   0.12 |
|             |                                                 |         |                  |                                                                                     | Total Amount | Total Amount |   3.3  |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4774 FOR 29.03.2023 REGARDING ATAL TINKERING LABS  BY DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

## Details of funded Atal Tinkering Labs in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh

| ATL CODE   | Name of School                     | District   | State / UT     | Address                                                               |   Amount Disbursed (Tranche- 1) in crores |   Amount Disbursed (Tranche- 2) in crores |   Total Amount Disbursed in crores |
|------------|------------------------------------|------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| d4991118   | KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA                 | BALAGHAT   | MADHYA PRADESH | BALAGHAT POST- BHARWELI 481102                                        |                                      0.12 |                                         0 |                               0.12 |
| 81051432   | GOVT EXCELLENCE HSS LANJI          | BALAGHAT   | MADHYA PRADESH | SALETEKRI ROAD AT+POST+TAH LANJI DIST BALAGHAT (MP) PIN 481222        |                                      0.12 |                                         0 |                               0.12 |
| 19487059   | GOVT EXCELLENCE SCHOOL BALAGHAT    | BALAGHAT   | MADHYA PRADESH | AMBEDKAR CHOUK BALAGHAT 481001                                        |                                      0.12 |                                         0 |                               0.12 |
| 26069263   | GOVT H S S BAHELA                  | BALAGHAT   | MADHYA PRADESH | AT POST BAHELA TEH LANJI DIST BALAGHAT MP                             |                                      0.12 |                                         0 |                               0.12 |
| 31159380   | GOVT HIGHER SECONDRY SCHOOL VAROOD | BALAGHAT   | MADHYA PRADESH | VILL VAROOD POST SIRPUR THE KATANGI DIS BALAGHAT MADHYAPRADESH 481332 |                                      0.12 |                                         0 |                               0.12 |

| 20562380   | SARESWATI SHISHU MANDIR BALAGHAT BALAGHAT                            | BALAGHAT   | MADHYA PRADESH   | SARASWATI NAGAR WORDNO. 28 BALAGHAT BALAGHAT   | 0.12        | 0           |   0.12 |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
| 108114469  | GOVERNMENT VIRANGANA RANI DURGAWATI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BALAGHAT | BALAGHAT   | MADHYA PRADESH   | IN FRONT OF THANA KOTWALI BALAGHAT 481001      | 0.12        | 0           |   0.12 |
|            |                                                                      |            |                  |                                                | TOTALAMOUNT | TOTALAMOUNT |   0.84 |

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