Lok Sabha Question No. 2912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: State Science and Technology (S&T) Councils
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2912 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2025

## STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) COUNCILS

## 2912.   SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

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

- (a) the  details  regarding  the  total  number  of  State  Science  and Technology (S&T) Councils supported under State Science & Technology Programme, State-wise particularly in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details regarding the amount of grants allocated and released to States  under  this  programme,  State  and  year-wise  since  the  scheme's inception;
- (c) the  details  of  total  number  of  SC/ST  Cells  supported  under  this programme,  State  and  district-wise  particularly  for  Andhra  Pradesh, especially in Prakasam District;
- (d) the details of total number of students supported under the Student Project Programme of the said programme, State and year-wise during the last five years; and
- (e) the details of the projects supported under the scheme along with the  financial  assistance  sanctioned  and  disbursed,  State  and  year-wise during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Department of Science and Technology (DST), under its State Science and Technology  Programme  (SSTP),  nurtures Centre-State Science  and  Technology  (S&T)  cooperation  through  support  to  S&T Secretariat of State/Union Territory (UT) Science & Technology Councils. The list of currently supported 27 State S&T Councils is given in the table below:

|   S. No. | Name of State/UT   | Name of S&T Council                                      |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh     | Andhra Pradesh State Council for Science & Technology    |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh  | Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science & Technology |

|   S. No. | Name of State/UT   | Name of S&T Council                                                      |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        3 | Assam              | Assam Science Technology & Environment Council                           |
|        4 | Bihar              | Bihar State Science and Technology Council                               |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh       | Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology                             |
|        6 | Goa                | Goa State Council of Science & Technology                                |
|        7 | Gujarat            | Gujarat Council on Science and Technology                                |
|        8 | Haryana            | Haryana State Council for Science & Technology                           |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh   | State Council for Science & Technology and Environment, Himachal Pradesh |
|       10 | Karnataka          | Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology                       |
|       11 | Kerala             | Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment               |
|       12 | Maharashtra        | Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission                             |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh     | Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology                           |
|       14 | Manipur            | Manipur Science & Technology Council                                     |
|       15 | Meghalaya          | State Council for Science & Technology and Environment, Meghalaya        |
|       16 | Mizoram            | Mizoram Science, Technology and Innovation Council                       |
|       17 | Nagaland           | Nagaland State Science and Technology Council                            |
|       18 | Punjab             | Punjab State Council for Science and Technology                          |
|       19 | Rajasthan          | Rajasthan Council of Science & Technology                                |
|       20 | Sikkim             | Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology                             |
|       21 | Tamil Nadu         | Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology                        |
|       22 | Telangana          | Telangana State Council of Science & Technology                          |

|   S. No. | Name of State/UT   | Name of S&T Council                                |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|       23 | Tripura            | Tripura State Council for Science & Technology     |
|       24 | Uttar Pradesh      | Council of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh   |
|       25 | Uttarakhand        | Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology |
|       26 | West Bengal        | West Bengal State Council for Science & Technology |
|       27 | Puducherry         | Puducherry Council for Science and Technology      |

(b) The  details  of  funds  sanctioned  and  released  to  S&T  Councils towards assistance to their S&T Secretariat under SSTP since financial year 2016-17 is given at Annexure.

(c) The Department has established Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) Cells at 11 State S&T Councils under the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan/Tribal  Sub  Plan  of  the  Science  for  Equity  Empowerment  and Development  (SEED)  Division,  DST  for  systemic  mapping  of  livelihood system of SC/ST Communities. There is no SC/ST cell at Andhra Pradesh State Council for Science & Technology. List of supported SC/ST Cells is given as below:

1. Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology
2. Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment
3. Punjab State Council for Science & Technology
4. Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology
5. Telangana State Council of Science & Technology
6. West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology
7. Tripura State Council for Science & Technology
8. Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science and Technology
9. Mizoram Science, Technology & Innovation Council
10. Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology
11. Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology

(d) to (e): During the last five years, an amount of Rs. 41.90 Lakhs was released (financial year 2022-23) to Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology under SSTP to implement the Student Project Programme. Across this period (2020-21 to 2024-25), 26,038 students in Karnataka were supported, distributed as follows: 4,413 in 2020-21, 4,515 in 202122, 5,519 in 2022-23, 5,453 in 2023-24, and 6,138 in 2024-25.

## Annexure

## Sanctioned and released amount to S&T Councils towards assistance to their S&T Secretariat

## (In Rs Lakhs)

| S. No.                             | Name of State/UT                                                     | FY 2016-17    |   FY 2017-18 | FY 2018-19   |   FY 2019-20 | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   |   FY 2022-23 | FY 2023-24   | FY 2024-25   | Total    |
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------|
| 1                                  | Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science & Technology             | 184.96 126.76 |       139.44 |              |       102.51 | 102.51       | 108.51       |       106.51 | 105.01       | Nil          | 976.21   |
| 2                                  | Assam Science Technology & Environment Council                       | 200.92        |       152.72 | 116.65       |       183.35 | 183.35       | 183.35       |       139.26 | 139.76       | Nil          | 1,299.36 |
| 3                                  | Andhra Pradesh State Council of Science and Technology               | Nil           |        43.55 | 47.91        |        49.03 | 37.44        | Nil          |        48.93 | 52.43        | Nil          | 279.29   |
| 4                                  | Bihar Council on Science & Technology                                | 43.00         |        42    | 33.13        |        51.82 | Nil          | 5.18         |        30.09 | 28.09        | Nil          | 233.31   |
| 5                                  | Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology                         | 134.22        |       106.02 | 111.80       |       122.11 | 121.12       | 123.12       |       127.12 | 125.59       | 157.20       | 1,128.30 |
| 6 Council for Science & Technology |                                                                      | 76.84         |        69.64 | 59.54        |        84.65 | 82.65        | 84.65        |        88.65 | 87.15        | Nil          | 633.77   |
| 7                                  | Gujarat Council on Science and Technology                            | 125.20        |        67    | 72.67        |        81.52 | 81.52        | 81.52        |        87.52 | 84.02        | 106.90       | 787.87   |
| 8                                  | Haryana State Council for Science & Technology                       | 56.53         |        34.27 | 23.41        |        35.72 | 23.49        | 27.15        |        28.72 | Nil          | Nil          | 229.29   |
| 9                                  | Himachal Pradesh State Council for Science, Technology & Environment | 165.12        |       104.72 | 99.77        |       118.73 | 117.54       | 34.01        |        91.49 | 90.5         | Nil          | 821.88   |
| 10                                 | Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology                     | 185.20        |       127    | 138.09       |       150.8  | 152.8        | 150.8        |       156.8  | 155.3        | 193.50       | 1,410.29 |

|   S. No. | Name of State/UT                                                 | FY 2016-17   |   FY 2017-18 |   FY 2018-19 |   FY 2019-20 |   FY 2020-21 | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   |   FY 2023-24 | FY 2024-25   | Total    |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------|
|       11 | Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment     | Nil          |       188    |       191.69 |        97.67 |       108.12 | 106.72       | 116.12       |       112.41 | Nil          | 920.73   |
|       12 | Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission, Maharashtra        | 94.80        |        37.8  |         1    |        45.8  |        35    | 45.00        | 49.00        |        43.05 | Nil          | 351.45   |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology, Madhya Pradesh   | 208.55       |       150.35 |       165.39 |       180.54 |       180.54 | 178.54       | 184.54       |       183.04 | Nil          | 1,431.49 |
|       14 | Manipur Science & Technology Council                             | 145.94       |       111.14 |       106.21 |       137.52 |       135.52 | 137.52       | 141.4        |       140.02 | 176.90       | 1,232.17 |
|       15 | State Council of Science, Technology, and Environment, Meghalaya | 53.80        |        32.72 |        10.16 |        40.64 |        30.24 | 30.67        | 36.39        |        34.89 | Nil          | 269.51   |
|       16 | Mizoram Science, Technology & Innovation Council                 | 115.20       |        83    |        91.3  |       100.52 |       100.52 | 100.52       | 104.52       |        86.56 | 115.34       | 897.48   |
|       17 | Nagaland Science and Technology Council                          | 136.20       |        77.97 |        85.71 |        94.58 |        94.58 | 94.58        | 98.58        |        97.08 | Nil          | 779.28   |
|       18 | Punjab State Council for Science & Technology                    | 233.76       |       150.56 |       194.22 |       165.6  |       163.6  | 141.96       | 169.6        |       168.1  | Nil          | 1,387.40 |
|       19 | Rajasthan Council of Science & Technology                        | 156.00       |       156    |       171.6  |       187.25 |       137.04 | Nil          | Nil          |       185.25 | Nil          | 993.14   |
|       20 | Sikkim State Council of Science and Technology                   | 135.80       |        86.46 |        47.69 |       104.63 |        78.24 | 82.76        | 88.76        |        87.21 | Nil          | 711.55   |

| S. No.      | Name of State/UT                                    | FY 2016-17   | FY 2017-18   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   | FY 2024-25   | Total   |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------|
| 21          | Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology   | 136.88       | 104.72       | 115.19       | 69.03        | 72.87        | 88           | 94           | 92.5         | 106.24       | 879.43  |
| 22          | Telangana State Council of Science & Technology     | 131.20       | 31.45        | 21.18        | 39.28        | Nil          | Nil          | 11.32        | 4.5          | 57.14        | 296.07  |
| 23          | Tripura State Council for Science & Technology      | 63.00        | 62.00        | 67.20        | 75.58        | 73.58        | 75.58        | 79.38        | 82.08        | Nil          | 578.40  |
| 24          | Council of Science & Technology, Uttar Pradesh      | 150.20       | Nil          | 165.22       | 130.36       | 44.28        | 87.27        | 90.26        | 90.76        | Nil          | 758.35  |
| 25          | Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology  | 147.80       | 95.00        | 104.50       | 114.77       | 112.78       | 104.15       | 118.78       | 116.68       | Nil          | 914.46  |
| 26          | West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology | 90.20        | 32.00        | 0.00         | 39.94        | Nil          | 13.2         | 23.96        | 21.3         | Nil          | 220.6   |
| 27          | Puducherry State Council for Science & Technology   | 21.67        | 11.50        | 9.85         | 25.92        | 23.92        | 23.2         | 24.37        | Nil          | Nil          | 140.43  |
| 28          | Andaman and Nicobar Science & Technology Council    | 55.40        | 20.20        | 22.22        | 12.88        | Nil          | Nil          | Nil          | Nil          | Nil          | 110.7   |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                                         |              |              |              |              |              |              |              |              |              |         |

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