Lok Sabha Question No. 2896 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-03
Subject: Progress under Atal Innovation Mission
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUSTION NO. 2896 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2022

## PROGRESS UNDER ATAL INNOVATION MISSION

## 2896. SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has approved the continuation of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), till March  2023 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has planned to establish 10000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) , 101 Atal Incubation Centers (AICs) , 50 Atal Community Innovation Centers (ACICs) and supporting 200 startups via the Atal New India Challenges and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of progress made under the AIM so far, year and State-wise; and
- (d) the other steps being taken by the Government for creating an innovation culture and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & 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) Yes,  the  cabinet  has  approved  the  extension  of  Atal  Innovation  Mission  till  March  2023.  The approval has been accorded in the cabinet meeting held on 7 th April 2022 and the approval to AIM has been accorded to meet the following targets:
- a. Establishing 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs
- b. Establishing 101 Atal Incubation Centers
- c. Establishing 50 Atal Community Innovation Centers
- d. Support 200 startups via Atal New India Challenges
- (b) Yes,  the  AIM  intends  to  meet  the  said  targets.  Currently,  AIM  has  completed  the  target  of establishing 10000 Atal Tinkering Labs in the entire country and is in progress to meet the other targets. AIM has currently established 68 Atal incubation Centers, 14 Atal Community Innovation Centers and has supported 51 startups with Grant-in-Aid to implement their ideas.

- (c) The detailed table of all the beneficiaries supported by the Atal Innovation Mission state-wise and year-wise is placed as Annexure I.
- (d) Government  of  India  has  been  continuously  working  on  developing  the  startup  and  innovation ecosystem  of  the  country.  The  support  provided  by  the  government  via  various  departments extends  from  establishment  of  incubators  to  providing  seed  funding  to  the  innovators  for development of prototypes via various grant-in-aid schemes.
- Some  of  the  departments  that  have  been  working  continuously  on  developing  the  innovation

ecosystem of the country are,

-  Department of Science & Technology
-  Department of Biotechnology
-  Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
-  Startup India, Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
-  Atal Innovation Mission

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## Atal Tinkering Labs

AIM has completed its mandate of setting up 10,000 ATLs in schools across the country in July 2022. The complete list of funded ATLs can be accessed through this link:

https://aim.gov.in/pdf/OperationalATLsInIndia.pdf

The state -wise yearly summary of funded Atal Tinkering Labs till June 2022 is placed as below:

The state -wise yearly summary of funded Atal Tinkering Labs till date is placed as below:

| State/UT                   |   Year 2016 |   Year 2017 |   Year 2018 |   Year 2019 |   Year 2020 |   Year 2021 |   Year 2022 |   Total Schools |
|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Island |           1 |           0 |           2 |           7 |           0 |           0 |           0 |              10 |
| Andhra Pradesh             |           8 |           4 |          68 |         276 |         213 |         121 |          23 |             713 |
| Arunachal Pradesh          |           2 |           0 |           4 |          18 |           6 |           1 |           1 |              32 |
| Assam                      |          10 |           1 |          10 |         174 |          84 |          52 |          21 |             352 |
| Bihar                      |           5 |           1 |          15 |          49 |          11 |          13 |           3 |              97 |
| Chandigarh                 |           3 |           2 |           6 |           5 |           2 |           4 |           0 |              22 |
| Chhattisgarh               |           7 |           2 |          34 |         184 |          74 |          60 |           7 |             368 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli     |           0 |           0 |           2 |           1 |           0 |           1 |           0 |               4 |
| Delhi                      |          27 |           4 |          38 |          78 |          41 |          10 |           0 |             198 |
| Goa                        |           8 |           1 |           2 |           6 |           1 |           1 |           1 |              20 |
| Gujarat                    |           8 |           5 |          44 |         275 |         165 |         101 |          16 |             614 |
| Haryana                    |           7 |           8 |          34 |         134 |         107 |         120 |          25 |             435 |
| Himachal Pradesh           |           2 |           0 |          10 |          49 |          34 |          11 |           6 |             112 |
| Jammu And Kashmir          |           2 |           0 |           7 |          30 |          31 |          18 |          39 |             127 |
| Jharkhand                  |           3 |           0 |           8 |          53 |          28 |          30 |           4 |             126 |
| Karnataka                  |          13 |           5 |          34 |         298 |         227 |         176 |          45 |             798 |
| Kerala                     |          18 |           6 |          60 |         165 |          78 |          37 |           5 |             369 |
| Madhya Pradesh             |           5 |           2 |          50 |         229 |         136 |         164 |          15 |             601 |
| Maharashtra                |          26 |           5 |         106 |         369 |         250 |         240 |          37 |            1033 |
| Manipur                    |           1 |           2 |          11 |          45 |           9 |          49 |           2 |             119 |
| Meghalaya                  |           1 |           0 |           6 |           4 |           1 |           1 |           0 |              13 |
| Mizoram                    |           1 |           2 |           4 |          16 |           1 |           2 |           0 |              26 |
| Nagaland                   |           0 |           0 |           7 |          13 |           3 |           2 |           1 |              26 |
| Odisha                     |           3 |           1 |          31 |         148 |          51 |          85 |          12 |             331 |
| Puducherry                 |           1 |           0 |           3 |          11 |           1 |           2 |           1 |              19 |
| Punjab                     |          12 |           4 |          21 |          86 |          33 |          67 |           7 |             230 |
| Rajasthan                  |           6 |           0 |          15 |         198 |          63 |         223 |           6 |             511 |
| Sikkim                     |           4 |           1 |           4 |          15 |           0 |           3 |           0 |              27 |
| Tamil Nadu                 |          21 |          10 |          45 |         315 |          99 |         448 |          37 |             975 |

| Telangana     |   6 |   3 |   19 |   125 |   71 |   133 |   22 |   379 |
|---------------|-----|-----|------|-------|------|-------|------|-------|
| Tripura       |   0 |   0 |    2 |    10 |    2 |     6 |    7 |    27 |
| Uttar Pradesh |  17 |   8 |   46 |   270 |  257 |   342 |   15 |   955 |
| Uttarakhand   |   4 |   3 |    6 |    34 |   12 |    22 |    6 |    87 |
| West Bengal   |  11 |   7 |   25 |    64 |   25 |    79 |   31 |   242 |
| Ladakh        |   0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |     2 |    0 |     2 |
| TOTAL         | 243 |  87 |  779 |  3754 | 2116 |  2627 |  395 | 10000 |

## Atal Incubation Centres

## List of AICs & State Distribution

|   SNO | Name of SPV                                                                                      | Region         | Grant-in-Aid Disbursement Date   |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------------------------|
|     1 | TREC STEP Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park | Tamil Nadu     | 29-Mar-2017                      |
|     2 | Springboard Solutions Pvt. Ltd.                                                                  | Delhi          | 31-Mar-2017                      |
|     3 | Amrita Technology Business Incubator                                                             | Kerala         | 31-Mar-2017                      |
|     4 | BioIncubator Centre at CCAMP                                                                     | Karnataka      | 29-Mar-2017                      |
|     5 | Access Livelihoods Consulting India Limited                                                      | Telangana      | 29-Mar-2017                      |
|     6 | NSRCEL, IIMB                                                                                     | Karnataka      | 31-Mar-2017                      |
|     7 | Shiv Nadar AIC Research Foundation                                                               | Uttar Pradesh  | 17-Nov-2017                      |
|     8 | AIC - Aartech Solonics Pvt. Ltd.                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh | 29-Sep-2017                      |
|     9 | AIC - Banasthali Vidyapith Foundation                                                            | Rajasthan      | 29-Sep-2017                      |
|    10 | Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh  | 29-Sep-2017                      |
|    11 | Atal Incubation Centre @36INC Society                                                            | Chhattisgarh   | 29-Jul-2017                      |
|    12 | Atal Incubation Centre - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology                               | Telangana      | 29-Sep-2017                      |
|    13 | AIC-NIFT TEA Incubation Centre for Textiles and Apparels                                         | Tamil Nadu     | 4-Dec-2017                       |
|    14 | AIC - Sangam Innovation Foundation                                                               | Delhi          | 15-Feb-2018                      |
|    15 | AIC - SKU Confederation                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh | 3-Mar-2018                       |
|    16 | AIC - LMCP Foundation                                                                            | Gujarat        | 3-Mar-2018                       |
|    17 | AIC - NMIMS Incubation Centre                                                                    | Maharashtra    | 29-May-2018                      |
|    18 | AIC - GIM Foundation                                                                             | Goa            | 2-Jul-2018                       |

|   19 | AIC - RNTU Foundation                                                  | Madhya Pradesh   | 4-Oct-2018   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|   20 | AIC - MUJ Incubation Foundation                                        | Rajasthan        | 6-Dec-2018   |
|   21 | AIC ISB Association                                                    | Punjab           | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   22 | AIC - CCRI Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development                 | Karnataka        | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   23 | AIC - Mahamana Foundation For Innovation and Entrepreneurship - IM-BHU | Uttar Pradesh    | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   24 | AIC MIT ADT                                                            | Maharashtra      | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   25 | AIC - MCUSamvaad Bharati Foundation                                    | Madhya Pradesh   | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   26 | AIC - Prestige Inspire Foundation                                      | Madhya Pradesh   | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   27 | AIC - SMU Technology Business Incubation Foundation                    | Sikkim           | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   28 | Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India                             | Telangana        | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   29 | Amity Technology Incubator                                             | Uttar Pradesh    | 4-Oct-2018   |
|   30 | AIC - Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum                                  | Pune             | 3-Nov-2018   |
|   31 | AIC - GISC Foundation                                                  | Ahmedabad        | 17-Jan-2019  |
|   32 | AIC-AAU Incubator                                                      | Jorhat           | 25-Mar-2019  |
|   33 | AIC-Great Lakes Balachandran Foundation                                | Chennai          | 30-Mar-2019  |
|   34 | AIC-IIITH FOUNDATION                                                   | Hyderabad        | 2-Apr-2019   |
|   35 | AIC - Jyothy                                                           | Bangalore        | 25-Mar-2019  |
|   36 | AIC - JKLU Foundation                                                  | Jaipur           | 25-Mar-2019  |
|   37 | AIC Pondicherry Engineering College Foundation                         | Pondicherry      | 25-Mar-2019  |
|   38 | AIC- ADT Baramati Foundation                                           | Pune             | 2-Apr-2019   |
|   39 | AIC - Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Foundation                             | Thane            | 25-Mar-2019  |
|   40 | AIC ISE Foundation                                                     | Mehsana          | 25-Mar-2019  |
|   41 | AIC - EMPI Incubation Foundation                                       | Delhi            | 25-Mar-2019  |
|   42 | AIC- IIIT Kottayam Foundation                                          | Kottayam         | 29-Apr-2019  |
|   43 | AIC - NCORE DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT FOUNDATION                            | Bangalore        | 28-May-2019  |
|   44 | AIC - RAISE Foundation                                                 | Coimbatore       | 28-May-2019  |
|   45 | SID                                                                    | Bangalore        | 28-May-2019  |

|   46 | AIC-AMTZ MEDI VALLEY INCUBATION COUNCIL                   | Vishakapatnam   | 27-Jun-2019   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|   47 | AIC IISER PUNE SEED FOUNDATION                            | Pune            | 28-Feb-2020   |
|   48 | AIC SELCO Foundation                                      | Guwahati        | 6-Feb-2020    |
|   49 | AIC IIT DELHI SONIPAT INNOVATION FOUNDATION               | Sonepat         | 28-Feb-2020   |
|   50 | AIC - Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation          | Bhubaneshwar    | 5-Mar-2020    |
|   51 | AIC- DSU Innovation Foundation                            | Bangalore       | 5-Mar-2020    |
|   52 | AIC -BAMU Foundation                                      | Aurangabad      | 17-Mar-2020   |
|   53 | AIC - GUSEC Foundation                                    | Ahmedabad       | 20-Mar-2020   |
|   54 | AIC SRS-ICAR-NDRI Foundation                              | Bangalore       | 6-Mar-2020    |
|   55 | AIC - C.V. Raman College of Engineering Foundation        | Khordha         | 20-Mar-2020   |
|   56 | T Hub foundations                                         | Hyderabad       | 30-Mar-2020   |
|   57 | CODISSIA Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre    | Coimbatore      | 5-Mar-2020    |
|   58 | AIC - NITTE Incubation Centre                             | Mangalore       | 5-Mar-2020    |
|   59 | AIC B V FOUNDATION                                        | Patna           | 20-Mar-2020   |
|   60 | AIC - AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY DELHI FOUNDATION                | Delhi           | 12-Mar-2020   |
|   61 | AIC-AU INCUBATION FOUNDATION                              | Chennai         | 6-Mar-2020    |
|   62 | AIC-JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION | Delhi           | 17-Mar-2020   |
|   63 | AIC STPINEXT INITIATIVES                                  | Bangalore       | 25-Mar-2020   |
|   64 | AIC- Jammu and Kashmir EDI                                | Pulwama         | 30-Mar-2020   |
|   65 | Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship     | Delhi           | 30-Apr-2020   |
|   66 | Atal Incubation Centre Catalyst                           | Jaipur          | 30-May-2020   |
|   67 | AIC - Shiksha Infotech Foundation                         | Bangalore       | 30-May-2020   |
|   68 | AIC SURATI ILAB FOUNDATION                                | Surat           | 30-Apr-2020   |

## Atal Community Innovation Centers:

|   Sr | Sanction Month   | Host Institution                                                  | ACIC Name                                            | Region                   |
|------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|    1 | March 2021       | BML Munjal University                                             | ACIC BMU Foundation                                  | Gurgaon, Haryana         |
|    2 | March 2021       | Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology                        | ACIC - CBIT Research and Entrepreneurship Foundation | Ranga Reddy, Telangana   |
|    3 | March 2021       | Chandigarh Engineering College                                    | ACIC RISE Association                                | Mohali, Punjab           |
|    4 | March 2021       | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad  | ACIC IIT (ISM) Foundation                            | Dhanbad, Jharkhand       |
|    5 | March 2021       | Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education                    | ACIC Kalasalingam Innovation Foundation              | Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu |
|    6 | March 2021       | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education foundation                            | ACIC-KL Startups Foundation                          | Guntur, Andhra Pradesh   |
|    7 | March 2021       | Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut            | ACIC MIET Foundation                                 | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh    |
|    8 | March 2021       | Vivekananda Global University (a unit of Bagaria Education Trust) | ACIC VGU Foundation                                  | Jaipur, Rajasthan        |
|    9 | April 2021       | Jagriti Sewa Sansthan                                             | ACIC Jagriti Entrepreneurship Foundation             | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |
|   10 | Septemb er 2021  | GIET University                                                   | ACIC GIET University Foundation                      | Rayagadha, Odisha        |
|   11 | Septemb er 2021  | Mar Ephrem                                                        | Mar Ephrem Incubation Forum                          | Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu  |
|   12 | Decemb er 2021   | Audisankara College of Engineering and Technology                 | ACIC Audisankara Innovation and Incubation Centre    | Nellore, Andhra Pradesh  |
|   13 | March 2022       | Mepco Schlenk Engineering College                                 | ACIC Mepco                                           | Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu |
|   14 | June 2022        | SGT University                                                    | ACIC SGTU                                            | Budhera, Haryana         |

Atal New India Challenges has till date supported 51 startups with an approved grant-in-aid of INR 32.57 crores.

Further, in 2022-23, it is going to support 149 startups (taking the overall supported number to 200) from various  sectors  -  space  technology,  agriculture,  mobility,  education,  healthcare,  waste  management, renewable energy etc.

The breakup of start-ups supported in each state is as below -

| State          |   # Start-up |
|----------------|--------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |            2 |
| Delhi          |            4 |
| Gujrat         |            1 |
| Haryana        |            1 |
| Karnataka      |           18 |
| Kerala         |            2 |
| Maharashtra    |           15 |
| Punjab         |            1 |
| Tamil Nadu     |            6 |
| Telangana      |            1 |
| Grand Total    |           51 |