Lok Sabha Question No. 1768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Support under INSPIRE-MANAK Scheme in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Pushpendra Saroj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1768

## ANSWERED ON 30/07/2025

## SUPPORT UNDER INSPIRE-MANAK SCHEME IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 1768. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ:

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

- (a) the  number  of  SC,  ST,  OBC  and  General  Category  students supported  under  the  INSPIRE  Award-MANAK  Scheme  since  2022, State and district-wise particularly for Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the total amount of innovation grants sanctioned and disbursed to  schools  and  students  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  the scheme;
- (c) the  number  of  prototypes  funded  under  the  scheme  in  Uttar Pradesh that progressed to the national-level exhibition stage;
- (d) whether any follow-up funding for incubation or facilitation has been received, if so, the details thereof; and
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- (e) whether any targeted outreach programmes have been undertaken in high SC/ST-populated areas of the State to promote participation in innovation schemes, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पृ थ्िी विज्ञान मंत्रालय क े राज्य मंत्री ( स्ितंत्र प्रभार ) ( डॉ . जितेंद्र स ंह )

- (a) A  total  of  140,316  students  have  been  supported  under  the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme since 2022. This includes 32,138 from the General category, 71,790 from the OBC category, 23,184 from the SC category,  and  13,204  from  the  ST  category.  The  state-wise  list  is

provided in Annexure-I, and the district-wise list for Uttar Pradesh is attached as Annexure-II.

- (b) An amount of ₹8,67,50,000/- was sanctioned for 8,675 selected students under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme since 2022, at the rate of ₹10,000 per student. The sanctioned funds were provided for the preparation of projects/models, showcasing of ideas, and participation  in  exhibitions  conducted  at  the  district,  state,  and national levels.
- (c) Under the scheme, thirty student prototypes from Uttar Pradesh progressed to the national-level exhibition stage.
- (d) Three  students  from  Uttar  Pradesh  were  recognized  at  the national  level,  and  patent  applications  have  been  filed  for  their innovations.
- (e) A total  of  20  online  awareness  workshops  were  organized  in Uttar Pradesh under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme between 2022 and 2025. Out of these, four workshops were conducted specifically for teachers  from  SC/ST-dominated  areas  to  promote  greater  student participation in the program.

## Annexure - I

|                                          | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State                                    | GEN       | OBC       | SC        | ST        | Total     | GEN       | OBC       | SC        | ST        | Total     | GEN       | OBC       | SC        | ST        | Total     |
| Andaman and Nicobar                      | 12        | 2         | 0         | 1         | 15        | 6         | 2         | 0         | 0         | 8         | 7         | 11        | 0         | 2         | 20        |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 761       | 1804      | 732       | 151       | 3448      | 1047      | 2426      | 857       | 200       | 4530      | 777       | 1905      | 824       | 187       | 3693      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 2         | 1         | 0         | 5         | 8         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 3         | 5         | 4         | 0         | 2         | 10        | 16        |
| Assam                                    | 36        | 50        | 4         | 12        | 102       | 82        | 98        | 12        | 20        | 212       | 19        | 61        | 3         | 17        | 100       |
| Bihar                                    | 704       | 2330      | 344       | 29        | 3407      | 369       | 1453      | 239       | 15        | 2076      | 338       | 1375      | 259       | 16        | 1988      |
| Chandigarh                               | 56        | 4         | 9         | 1         | 70        | 142       | 10        | 11        | 0         | 163       | 64        | 2         | 3         | 0         | 69        |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 258       | 1846      | 442       | 1006      | 3552      | 224       | 1543      | 370       | 1020      | 3157      | 182       | 1485      | 400       | 895       | 2962      |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 6         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 6         | 8         | 14        | 0         | 2         | 24        | 9         | 5         | 2         | 4         | 20        |
| Delhi                                    | 148       | 10        | 8         | 0         | 166       | 103       | 11        | 5         | 0         | 119       | 208       | 19        | 20        | 1         | 248       |
| Goa                                      | 7         | 5         | 0         | 3         | 15        | 47        | 5         | 0         | 11        | 63        | 37        | 10        | 1         | 8         | 56        |
| Gujarat                                  | 289       | 530       | 64        | 301       | 1184      | 297       | 499       | 63        | 250       | 1109      | 295       | 586       | 77        | 324       | 1282      |
| Haryana                                  | 155       | 98        | 76        | 0         | 329       | 325       | 223       | 168       | 0         | 716       | 336       | 256       | 222       | 0         | 814       |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 375       | 65        | 160       | 22        | 622       | 246       | 52        | 117       | 22        | 437       | 317       | 53        | 105       | 23        | 498       |
| Jammu and Kashmir                        | 618       | 61        | 39        | 53        | 771       | 738       | 66        | 72        | 66        | 942       | 778       | 74        | 59        | 81        | 992       |
| Jharkhand                                | 268       | 915       | 146       | 328       | 1657      | 273       | 1111      | 154       | 399       | 1937      | 254       | 1052      | 157       | 354       | 1817      |
| Karnataka                                | 635       | 5470      | 955       | 385       | 7445      | 764       | 5216      | 1054      | 459       | 7493      | 680       | 4270      | 922       | 392       | 6264      |

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|                              | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2022-23 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25    | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State                        | GEN               | OBC               | SC                | ST                | Total             | GEN               | OBC               | SC                | ST                | Total             | GEN       | OBC SC     | ST        | Total     |           |
| Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan | 425               | 186               | 74                | 25                | 710               | 136               | 79                | 20                | 12                | 247               | 271       | 177        | 17        | 521       |           |
| Kerala                       | 160               | 262               | 25                | 2                 | 449               | 177               | 279               | 19                | 4                 | 479               | 96        | 197        | 6         | 315       |           |
| Ladakh                       | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 3                 | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 25                | 25                | 0         | 0          | 21        | 21        |           |
| Lakshadweep                  | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 2                 | 2                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 5                 | 5                 | 0         | 0          | 5         | 5         |           |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 403               | 959               | 328               | 164               | 1854              | 319               | 745               | 284               | 158               | 1506              | 432       | 1341       | 476       | 2672      |           |
| Maharashtra                  | 717               | 609               | 203               | 120               | 1649              | 888               | 860               | 270               | 131               | 2149              | 1073      | 1043       | 161       | 2581      |           |
| Manipur                      | 6                 | 3                 | 0                 | 9                 | 18                | 1                 | 1                 | 1                 | 0                 | 3                 | 1         | 6          | 1         | 8         |           |
| Meghalaya                    | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 7                 | 10                | 1                 | 0                 | 0                 | 7                 | 8                 | 9         | 0          | 12        | 21        |           |
| Mizoram                      | 1                 | 2                 | 0                 | 10                | 13                | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 5                 | 5                 | 0         | 1          | 6         | 7         |           |
| Nagaland                     | 1                 | 1                 | 0                 | 4                 | 6                 | 1                 | 0                 | 0                 | 2                 | 3                 | 0         | 0          | 5         | 5         |           |
| Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti    | 25                | 32                | 14                | 13                | 84                | 20                | 25                | 7                 | 9                 | 61                | 50        | 74         | 55        | 210       |           |
| Odisha                       | 772               | 1479              | 426               | 390               | 3067              | 1011              | 1766              | 568               | 478               | 3823              | 874       | 1626       | 445       | 3409      |           |
| Puducherry                   | 1                 | 17                | 3                 | 0                 | 21                | 3                 | 25                | 7                 | 0                 | 35                | 8         | 61         | 0         | 77        |           |
| Punjab                       | 159               | 81                | 125               | 1                 | 366               | 240               | 111               | 215               | 0                 | 566               | 176       | 96         | 1         | 421       |           |
| Rajasthan                    | 1011              | 3085              | 1225              | 672               | 5993              | 1024              | 3437              | 1601              | 768               | 6830              | 975       | 3348 1551  | 725       | 6599      |           |
| Sikkim                       | 11                | 14                | 2                 | 11                | 38                | 6                 | 6                 | 0                 | 3                 | 15                | 10        | 10         | 7         | 28        |           |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 89                | 464               | 170               | 10                | 733               | 117               | 612               | 251               | 11                | 991               | 147       | 794        | 14        | 1197      |           |
| Telangana                    | 415               | 1660              | 563               | 274               | 2912              | 349               | 1792              | 600               | 313               | 3054              | 404       | 1918       | 339       | 3311      |           |
| Tripura                      | 7                 | 7                 | 3                 | 1                 | 18                | 6                 | 6                 | 4                 | 7                 | 23                | 25        | 18         | 8         | 66        |           |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 359               | 401               | 139               | 2                 | 901               | 638               | 933               | 366               | 3                 | 1940              | 1344      | 3020 1446  | 24        | 5834      |           |
| Uttarakhand                  | 1047              | 290               | 328               | 31                | 1696              | 1265              | 393               | 430               | 52                | 2140              | 1063      | 344        | 50        | 1846      |           |
| West Bengal                  | 28                | 3                 | 7                 | 3                 | 41                | 22                | 3                 | 1                 | 1                 | 27                | 11        | 4          | 0         | 18        |           |
| Grand Total                  | 9970              | 22746             | 6614              | 4051              | 43381             | 10896             | 23802             | 7767              | 4461              | 46926             | 11274     | 25242 8803 | 4692      | 50011     |           |

## Annexure - II

| District            | Number of Students selected   | Number of Students selected   | Number of Students selected   | Number of Students selected   | Grand Total   |
|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|
|                     | GENERAL                       | OBC                           | SC                            | ST                            |               |
| Agra                | 36                            | 77                            | 47                            | 2                             | 162           |
| Aligarh             | 60                            | 80                            | 59                            | 0                             | 199           |
| Allahabad           | 55                            | 116                           | 66                            | 0                             | 237           |
| Ambedkar Nagar      | 10                            | 18                            | 9                             | 0                             | 37            |
| Amethi              | 14                            | 21                            | 5                             | 0                             | 40            |
| Amroha              | 8                             | 21                            | 9                             | 0                             | 38            |
| Auraiya             | 25                            | 52                            | 37                            | 0                             | 114           |
| Azamgarh            | 15                            | 57                            | 29                            | 0                             | 101           |
| Baghpat             | 18                            | 31                            | 6                             | 0                             | 55            |
| Bahraich            | 16                            | 24                            | 2                             | 0                             | 42            |
| Ballia              | 11                            | 51                            | 11                            | 2                             | 75            |
| Balrampur           | 22                            | 50                            | 14                            | 0                             | 86            |
| Banda               | 17                            | 44                            | 13                            | 0                             | 74            |
| Barabanki           | 38                            | 135                           | 72                            | 0                             | 245           |
| Bareilly            | 74                            | 149                           | 40                            | 1                             | 264           |
| Basti               | 15                            | 43                            | 12                            | 0                             | 70            |
| Bhadohi             | 10                            | 37                            | 6                             | 0                             | 53            |
| Bijnor              | 22                            | 84                            | 53                            | 0                             | 159           |
| Budaun              | 27                            | 81                            | 23                            | 1                             | 132           |
| Bulandshahr         | 38                            | 51                            | 48                            | 1                             | 138           |
| Chandauli           | 11                            | 52                            | 13                            | 0                             | 76            |
| Chitrakoot          | 8                             | 26                            | 13                            | 0                             | 47            |
| Deoria              | 15                            | 111                           | 24                            | 6                             | 156           |
| Etah                | 13                            | 70                            | 14                            | 0                             | 97            |
| Etawah              | 40                            | 129                           | 78                            | 0                             | 247           |
| Faizabad            | 28                            | 59                            | 29                            | 0                             | 116           |
| Farrukhabad         | 6                             | 31                            | 5                             | 0                             | 42            |
| Fatehpur            | 19                            | 52                            | 35                            | 0                             | 106           |
| Firozabad           | 16                            | 58                            | 23                            | 0                             | 97            |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar | 191                           | 43                            | 19                            | 0                             | 253           |
| Ghaziabad           | 158                           | 41                            | 11                            | 0                             | 210           |
| Ghazipur            | 2                             | 48                            | 16                            | 0                             | 66            |
| Gonda               | 43                            | 61                            | 22                            | 0                             | 126           |
| Gorakhpur           | 8                             | 80                            | 37                            | 1                             | 126           |
| Hamirpur            | 2                             | 21                            | 4                             | 0                             | 27            |
| Hapur               | 25                            | 28                            | 23                            | 0                             | 76            |
| Hardoi              | 57                            | 62                            | 35                            | 0                             | 154           |
| Hathras             | 10                            | 27                            | 13                            | 0                             | 50            |

| District          | Number of Students selected   | Number of Students selected   | Number of Students selected   | Number of Students selected   | Grand Total   |
|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|
|                   | GENERAL                       | OBC                           | SC                            | ST                            |               |
| Jalaun            | 17 18                         | 69                            | 41 18                         | 0 0                           | 127 79        |
| Jaunpur           |                               | 43                            |                               |                               |               |
| Jhansi            | 32                            | 51                            | 47                            | 1                             | 131           |
| Kannauj           | 27                            | 65                            | 23                            | 0                             | 115           |
| Kanpur Dehat      | 30                            | 79                            | 47                            | 0                             | 156           |
| Kanpur Nagar      | 61                            | 56                            | 45                            | 0                             | 162           |
| Kasganj           | 9                             | 51                            | 14                            | 0                             | 74            |
| Kaushambi         | 12                            | 35                            | 26                            | 0                             | 73            |
| Kheri             | 34                            | 73                            | 41                            | 0                             | 148           |
| Kushi Nagar       | 6                             | 60                            | 25                            | 2                             | 93            |
| Lalitpur          | 11                            | 32                            | 11                            | 0                             | 54            |
| Lucknow           | 252                           | 174                           | 99                            | 1                             | 526           |
| Maharajganj       | 12                            | 88                            | 30                            | 0                             | 130           |
| Mahoba            | 3                             | 8                             | 13                            | 0                             | 24            |
| Mainpuri          | 7                             | 32                            | 12                            | 0                             | 51            |
| Mathura           | 49                            | 74                            | 40                            | 0                             | 163           |
| Mau               | 7                             | 34                            | 14                            | 1                             | 56            |
| Meerut            | 46                            | 61                            | 45                            | 0                             | 152           |
| Mirzapur          | 13                            | 40                            | 13                            | 0                             | 66            |
| Moradabad         | 78                            | 124                           | 35                            | 0                             | 237           |
| Muzaffarnagar     | 35                            | 114                           | 26                            | 0                             | 175           |
| Pilibhit          | 14                            | 87                            | 19                            | 0                             | 120           |
| Pratapgarh        | 38                            | 48                            | 14                            | 0                             | 100           |
| Rae Bareli        | 21                            | 38                            | 35                            | 0                             | 94            |
| Rampur            | 38                            | 37                            | 4                             | 1                             | 80            |
| Saharanpur        | 20                            | 68                            | 40                            | 0                             | 128           |
| Sambhal           | 19                            | 33                            | 10                            | 0                             | 62            |
| Sant Kabeer Nagar | 7                             | 23                            | 12                            | 0                             | 42            |
| Shahjahanpur      | 31                            | 47                            | 20                            | 0                             | 98            |
| Shamli            | 6                             | 39                            | 9                             | 0                             | 54            |
| Shravasti         | 14                            | 13                            | 4                             | 0                             | 31            |
| Siddharth Nagar   | 23                            | 23                            | 8                             | 0                             | 54            |
| Sitapur           | 29                            | 48                            | 41                            | 0                             | 119           |
| Sonbhadra         | 12                            | 18                            | 7                             | 3                             | 40            |
| Sultanpur         | 16                            | 46                            | 14                            | 0                             | 76            |
| Unnao             | 34                            | 66                            | 47                            | 2                             | 149           |
| Varanasi          | 77                            | 136                           | 27                            | 3                             | 243           |
| Grand Total       | 2341                          | 4354                          | 1951                          | 29                            | 8675          |

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