Lok Sabha Question No. 105 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Science Cities, Centres and Hubs opened under SPOCS Scheme
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## SCIENCE CITIES, CENTRES AND HUBS OPENED UNDER SPOCS SCHEME

## *105.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Science Cities, Science Centres and innovations hubs built under the Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPOCS) so far;
- (b) the funds allocated for the same and their utilisation so far; and
- (c) the number of more such Science Cities, Science Centres and innovations hubs that  are  proposed  to  be  opened  under  this  scheme,  State-wise  and  in  each district of Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)to(c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *105  FOR REPLY ON 06.11.2021

- (a)to(b)  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.

Details  of  Science  Cities,  Science  Centres,  Innovation  Hubs  developed  by NCSM and handed over to respective State Govt. under  the SPoCS Scheme alongwith the funds allocated for projects by MoC and its utilization, pattern of funding and date of opening of science cities/science centres/Innovation Hubs is attached at Annexure-I .

- (c) Details of  setting up of Science Cities, Science Centres and Innovation Hubs that are proposed to be opened under SPoCS Scheme, is attached at Annexure II.

NCSM  has  developed  a  Regional  Science  Centre  at  Ranchi  in  the  State  of Jharkhand. The Science Centre was inaugurated on November 29, 2010.

One  Innovation  Hub  at  Regional  Science  Centre,  Ranchi  has  already  been approved. Construction will commence after receipt of approval of the building plan by the local municipal authorities.

No  proposal  has  been  received  from  the  State  Govt.  of  Jharkhand  for development of new Science Centres/Cities/Innovation Hubs in other districts of Jharkhand.

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## Annexure-'I'

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *105 FOR 06.12.2021

## Fund received vis-à-vis expenditure statement for Science Centres developed by NCSM and handed over to States/UT's after inauguration under SPoCS

## I. Science Cities:

No Science cities have been built/completed so far under the SPoCS scheme. The funding pattern for Science Cities is as follows:

Type 'A'

## :

Full funding from MoC, GOI

Science City is not to be set up under Type 'A' .

## Type 'B' : Funding to be shared between GOI & State Govt./UTs

The capital cost for Science City will be shared on 60:40 basis except for NER including Sikkim for  which  the  capital  cost  for  Science  City  is  to  be  shared  in  90:10  basis.  The corpus fund, if shared by Government of India, in no case shall exceed 20% of the total Corpus Fund and the balance 80% to be borne by the State Govts./UTs.

## Sharing of funds between GOI and State Govts./UTs (under Type 'B' funding)

| Sr. No.   | Details      | Location                                               | Share of Capital Cost (GOI: State Govt./UT)   | Share of Corpus Fund (GOI: State Govt./UT)   |
|-----------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Science City | All locations (other than North East including Sikkim) | 60:40                                         | 20:80                                        |
|           |              | NER including Sikkim                                   | 90:10                                         | 20:80                                        |

## Type 'C' : Full funding from the State Govt./UTs

The State Govts./UTs shall fully fund science city project under this type and set up the science city with technical support from NCSM against payment of consultancy charges.

## II. Science Centres

- (i) Science Centres already completed under SPoCS is given in table below:

|   Sl. No. | Science Centers/Museums                              |   Total projec t cost |   Fund received from MoC |   Fund utilized (MoC share) | (Rs. in lakh) Date of Opening   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Science Centre, Port Blair, A&N Island               |                194    |                   174    |                      174    | May 30, 2003                    |
|         2 | Mizoram Science Centre, Aizwal                       |                184.53 |                   158.43 |                      158.43 | July 26, 2003                   |
|         3 | Nagaland Science Centre, Dimapur                     |                177    |                   145    |                      145    | September 14, 2004              |
|         4 | Manipur Science Centre, Manipur                      |                220    |                   172    |                      172    | May 18, 2005                    |
|         5 | Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre, Itanagar           |                170    |                   150    |                      150    | Dec 3, 2005                     |
|         6 | Shillong Science Centre, Shillong, Meghalaya         |                207    |                   187    |                      187    | Feb 27, 2006                    |
|         7 | Sikkim Science Centre, Gangtok                       |                132    |                   112    |                      112    | February 22, 2008               |
|         8 | Sub-Regional Science Centres, Kalimpong, West Bengal |                200    |                   170    |                      170    | October 2, 2008                 |
|         9 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Solapur, West Bengal    |                237.43 |                   100    |                      100    | February 14, 2010               |
|        10 | Regional Science Centre, Ranchi, Jharkhand           |                650    |                   325    |                      325    | November 29, 2010               |
|        11 | Dharwad Regional Science Centre, Karnataka           |                850    |                   425    |                      425    | February 27, 2012               |
|        12 | Chhattisgarh Science Centre, Raipur                  |                650    |                   325    |                      325    | July 13, 2012                   |
|        13 | Regional Science Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan           |                850    |                   425    |                      425    | December 29, 2012               |
|        14 | Pimpri Chinchwad Science Centre, Pune                |                850    |                   425    |                      425    | February 8, 2013                |

| 15.   | Jorhat Science Centre & Planetarium, Assam               | 475.00    |   225.00 |   225.00 | July 6, 2013     |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|------------------|
| 16.   | Regional Science Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu          | 850.00    |   425    |   425    | May 6, 2013      |
| 17.   | Sub Regional Science Centre, Jodhpur, Rajasthan          | 260.00    |   130    |   130    | August 17, 2013  |
| 18.   | Regional Science Centre, Pilikula, Mangalore, Karnataka  | 900.00    |   425    |   425    | October 01, 2014 |
| 19.   | Dr. Abdul Kalam Science Centre & Planetarium, Puducherry | 260.00    |   130    |   130    | May 03, 2015     |
| 20.   | Regional Science Centre, Dehradun                        | 1243.00   |   621.5  |   621.5  | Feb 03, 2016     |
| 21.   | Bargarh Science Centre, Bargarh                          | 500.00    |   250    |   250    | January 21, 2020 |
| 22    | Udaipur Science Centre, Tripura                          | 600.00    |   540    |   540    | Feb 28, 2021     |
|       | Total:                                                   | 10659. 96 |  6039.93 |  6039.93 |                  |

## (ii) Funding pattern for Science Centres is as below:

## Type 'A' : Full funding from MoC, GOI

Science Centres to be set up in locations /regions where the Science Centre activities have not yet started or in priority areas Ministry of Culture, Government of India may consider providing full funding for such Centres through NCSM. In no case, more than one Science Centre will  be  set  up  in  any  State/U.T.  in  future,  under  the  scheme.    In states/UTs  where  NCSM  centres  are  already  existing,  such  provision  shall  not  be applicable.

## Type 'B' : Funding to be shared between GOI & State Govt./UTs

The capital cost for Science Centre (Category I, II, III) will be shared on 50:50 basis except for NER including Sikkim for which the capital cost for Science Centre (Category I, II, III) is to be shared in 90:10 basis. The corpus fund, if shared by Government of India, in no case shall exceed 20% of the total Corpus Fund and the balance 80% to be borne by the State Govts./UTs.

## Sharing of funds between GOI and State Govts./UTs (under Type 'B' funding)

|   Sr. No. | Details                                                                                          | Location                                               | Share of Capital Cost (GOI: State Govt./UT)   | Share of Corpus Fund (GOI: State Govt./UT)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Science Centre (Category-I) at locations having population more than 15 lakhs                    | All locations (other than North East including Sikkim) | 50:50                                         | 20:80                                        |
|         1 | Science Centre (Category-I) at locations having population more than 15 lakhs                    | NER including Sikkim                                   | 90:10                                         | 20:80                                        |
|         2 | Science Centre (Category-II) at locations having population more than 5 lakhs and up to 15 lakhs | All locations (other than North East including Sikkim) | 50:50                                         | 20:80                                        |
|         2 | Science Centre (Category-II) at locations having population more than 5 lakhs and up to 15 lakhs | NER including Sikkim                                   | 90:10                                         | 20:80                                        |
|         3 | Science Centre (Category-III) at locations having population less than 5 lakhs                   | All locations (other than North East including Sikkim) | 50:50                                         | 20:80                                        |
|         3 | Science Centre (Category-III) at locations having population less than 5 lakhs                   | NER including Sikkim                                   | 90:10                                         | 20:80                                        |

## Type 'C' : Full funding from the State Govt./UTs

The State Govts./UTs shall fully fund science centre project under this type and set up the science science centre with technical support from NCSM against payment of consultancy charges.

## III. Innovation Hubs

The following Innovation Hubs have been completed by NCSM under the SPoCS Scheme indicating the fund allocated for projects by MoC and utilization:

- i. With 100% funding:

(Rs. in lakhs)

|         |                                                           | Project Cost   | Project Cost   | Project Cost   |                     | Expenditure(MoC)   | Expenditure(MoC)   | Expenditure(MoC)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No. | Name of the Innovation Hub                                | Capital Cost   | Recurring Cost | Total          | %of share of G.O.I. | Capital            | Recurring          | Total              |
| 1       | Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata          | 0.00           | 120.00         | 120.00         | 100%                | 0.00               | 115.19             | 115.19             |
| 2       | Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Bengaluru | 0.00           | 120.00         | 120.00         | 100%                | 0.00               | 108.34             | 108.34             |
| 3       | National Science Centre, Delhi                            | 0.00           | 120.00         | 120.00         | 100%                | 0.00               | 87.85              | 87.85              |
| 4       | Regional Science Centre, Guwahati                         | 0.00           | 120.00         | 120.00         | 100%                | 0.00               | 87.02              | 87.02              |
| 5       | Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai                              | 0.00           | 120.00         | 120.00         | 100%                | 0.00               | 85.33              | 85.33              |
| 6       | Bardhaman Science Centre                                  | 100.00         | 45.00          | 145.00         | 100%                | 100.00             | 45.00              | 145.00             |
| 7       | Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Calicut            | 50.00          | 60.00          | 110.00         | 100%                | 61.18              | 48.82              | 110.00             |
| 8       | Regional Science City, Lucknow                            | 100.00         | 60.00          | 160.00         | 100%                | 92.00              | 47.23              | 139.23             |
| 9       | Kerala State Science & Technology Museum, Trivandrum      | 100.00         | 60.00          | 160.00         | 100%                | 95.00              | 22.35              | 117.35             |
| 10      | Agastya International Foundatin, Kuppam                   | 150.00         | 45.00          | 195.00         | 100%                | 150.00             | 45.00              | 195.00             |
| 11      | Tamilnadu Science & Technology Centre, Chennai            | 100.00         | 60.00          | 160.00         | 100%                | 100.00             | 33.43              | 133.43             |
| 12      | Shrikrishna Science Centre, Patna                         | 100.00         | 60.00          | 160.00         | 100%                | 100.00             | 60.00              | 160.00             |
| 13      | Raman Science Centre & Planetarium, Nagpur                | 180.00         | 60.00          | 240.00         | 100%                | 177.00             | 49.75              | 226.75             |
| 14      | Kalimpong Science                                         | 180.00         | 45.00          | 225.00         | 100%                | 162.90             | 41.44              | 204.34             |

|       | Centre                                              |      |      |      |      |         |         |         |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|---------|---------|---------|
| 15    | Birla Science centre, Pilani                        |   82 |   60 |  142 | 100% |   81.74 |    0.02 |   81.76 |
| 16    | Regional Science Centre, Tirupati                   |  180 |   60 |  240 | 100% |  177.28 |   34.39 |  211.67 |
| 17    | District Science Centre, Gulbarga                   |  150 |   45 |  195 | 100% |  138.18 |   42.39 |  180.57 |
| 18    | Regional Science Centre, Bhopal                     |  180 |   60 |  240 | 100% |  171.98 |   34.72 |  206.7  |
| 19    | District Science Centre, Tirunelveli                |  150 |   45 |  195 | 100% |  149.85 |   35.99 |  185.84 |
| 20    | Pushpa Gujraj Science City, Kapurthala              |  100 |   60 |  160 | 100% |   88.25 |   59.14 |  147.39 |
| 21    | North Bengal Science Centre, Silliguri              |  150 |   45 |  195 | 100% |  149.8  |   34.34 |  184.14 |
| 22    | Shillong Science Centre, Shillong                   |  180 |   45 |  225 | 100% |  180    |    9.36 |  189.36 |
| 23    | Nagaland Science Centre, Dimapur                    |  180 |   45 |  225 | 100% |  172.66 |   30    |  202.66 |
| 24    | Regional Science Centre, Bhubaneswar                |  180 |   60 |  240 | 100% |  169.48 |   27.03 |  196.51 |
| 25    | Sikkim Science Centre, Gangtok                      |  100 |   45 |  145 | 100% |   50.98 |   16.34 |   67.32 |
| 26    | Sukanta Academy, Agartala                           |  100 |   45 |  145 | 100% |   90.93 |    0    |   90.93 |
| 27    | Mizoram Science Centre, Aizawl                      |  180 |   45 |  225 | 100% |  175.24 |   31.72 |  206.96 |
| 28    | District Science Centre, Dharampur                  |  150 |   45 |  195 | 100% |  136.05 |    9.71 |  145.76 |
| 29    | Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre, Itanagar          |  180 |   45 |  225 | 100% |  173.96 |   22.5  |  196.46 |
| 30    | Digha Science Centre & National Science Camp, Digha |  150 |   45 |  195 | 100% |  150    |   31.37 |  181.37 |
| 31    | Manipur Science Centre, Imphal                      |  180 |   45 |  225 | 100% |  158.55 |    4.82 |  163.37 |
| 32    | Goa Science Centre, Panaji                          |  150 |   45 |  195 | 100% |  121.92 |   13.89 |  135.81 |
| 33    | District Science Centre, Purulia                    |  150 |   45 |  195 | 100% |  150.01 |   14.34 |  164.35 |
| Total | Total                                               | 3932 | 2025 | 5957 |      | 3724.94 | 1328.82 | 5053.76 |

- ii. With 50% funding

(Rs. in lakhs)

|         |                                                       | Project Cost   | Project Cost   | Project Cost   |                     | Expenditure(MoC)   | Expenditure(MoC)   | Expenditure(MoC)   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No. | Name of the Innovation Hub                            | Capital Cost   | Recurring Cost | Total          | %of share of G.O.I. | Capital            | Recurring          | Total              |
| 1.      | Regional Science Centre, Dehradun                     | 50.00          | 30.00          | 80.00          | 50%                 | 46.67              | 10.00              | 56.67              |
| 2.      | BVB"s Muktangan Exploratory Science Centre, Pune      | 50.00          | 30.00          | 80.00          | 50%                 | 50.00              | 26.21              | 76.21              |
| 3.      | Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre, Ahmedabad | 90.00          | 30.00          | 120.00         | 50%                 | 67.56              | 20.77              | 88.33              |
| 4.      | Regional Science Centre, Coimbatore                   | 90.00          | 30.00          | 120.00         | 50%                 | 32.74              | 0.00               | 32.74              |
| 5.      | Anna Science Centre, Trichi                           | 75.00          | 22.50          | 97.50          | 50%                 | 43.62              | 0.00               | 43.62              |
|         | Total                                                 | 355.00         | 142.50         | 497.50         |                     | 240.59             | 56.98              | 297.57             |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *105 FOR 06.12.2021

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

## (I) Science Cities

|   Sl. No. | Names of the new science centres/cities projects taken up by NCSM under SPOCS Scheme of Govt. of India   | Located in State/ UT   | Date of Approval by MoC   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|        01 | Science City, Guwahati                                                                                   | Assam                  | 25.06.2013                |
|        02 | Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Science City, Patna                                                                | Bihar                  | 22.03.2017                |
|        03 | Science City, Dehradun                                                                                   | Uttarakhand            | 21.04.2020                |

## (II) Science Centres

|   Sl. No. | Names of the new science centres/cities projects taken up by NCSM under SPOCS Scheme of Govt. of India   | Located in State/ UT   | Date of Approval by MoC (date of EFC/SFC/HCM approval)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|        01 | Regional Science Centre, Kottayam                                                                        | Kerala                 | 25.06.2013                                               |
|        02 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Palampur                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh       | 18.11.2015                                               |
|        03 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Gaya                                                                        | Bihar                  | 25.06.2013                                               |
|        04 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Kokrajhar                                                                   | Assam                  | 25.05.2017                                               |
|        05 | Sub- Regional Science Centre, Almora                                                                     | Uttarakhand            | 25.06.2013                                               |
|        06 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur                                                                     | Rajasthan              | 25.06.2013                                               |
|        07 | Science Centre, (Category-II) Rajahmundry                                                                | Andhra Pradesh         | 25.06.2013                                               |
|        08 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Ambala                                                                          | Haryana                | 25.06.2013                                               |
|        09 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Mayabundar                                                                  | A&N Islands            | 29.04.2015                                               |
|        10 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Srinagar                                                                        | Jammu & Kashmir        | 18.06.2018                                               |
|        11 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Ujjain                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh         | 08.11.2018                                               |

|   Sl. No. | Names of the new science centre projects approved by MoC and proposed to be taken up by NCSM under SPOCS Scheme of Govt. of India                   | Located in State/ UT   | Date of Approval by MoC   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|        01 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Jabalpur (MoU signed, Ist instalment of funds released by the GoI and State Govt., however, the land clearance is awaited) | Madhya Pradesh         | 18.01.2017                |
|        02 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Ajmer (Fund released by the State Govt. but MoU yet to be signed)                                                          | Rajasthan              | 24.11.2017                |
|        03 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Kanyakumari (MoU signed but funds yet to be released by the State Govt.)                                                   | Tamil Nadu             | 06.12.2019                |
|        04 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Bikaner (MoU not yet signed and funds yet to be released by the Govt.)                                                     | Rajasthan              | 06.12.2019                |

## iii. Innovation Hubs

## List of Innovation Hubs being set up by NCSM under the SPoCS Scheme

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Innovation Hub               | State            | Date of Approval by MoC           |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | SRSC, Gaya                               | Bihar            | 19 th June 2014 and 8 th Nov 2017 |
|         2 | Jorhat Sc. Centre & Planetarium          | Assam            | -do-                              |
|         3 | Dr. Abdul Kalam Sc. Centre & Planetarium | Puducherry       | -do-                              |
|         4 | Solapur Sc. Centre                       | Maharashtra      | -do-                              |
|         5 | SRSC, Jodhpur                            | Rajasthan        | -do-                              |
|         6 | SRSC, Ranchi                             | Jharkhand        | -do-                              |
|         7 | RSC, Dharwad                             | Karnataka        | -do-                              |
|         8 | RSC, Jaipur                              | Rajasthan        | -do-                              |
|         9 | SRSC, Port Blair                         | A&N Island       | -do-                              |
|        10 | RSC, Pilikula, Mangalore                 | Karnataka        | -do-                              |
|        11 | SRSC, Bargarh                            | Odisha           | -do-                              |
|        12 | SRSC, Udaipur                            | Rajasthan        | -do-                              |
|        13 | SRSC, Palampur                           | Himachal Pradesh | -do-                              |
|        14 | SRSC, Rajahmundry                        | Andhra Pradesh   | -do-                              |
|        15 | SRSC, Almora                             | Uttarakhand      | -do-                              |

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