Lok Sabha Question No. 2782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Research and Development Projects
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2782

ANSWERED ON 06/08/2025

## RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

## 2782. SHRI ANTO ANTONY

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:-

- (a) the  total  budget  allocated  for  Research  and  Development  (R&D)  projects  under  the Department during the last five years for institutions or centres;
- (b) the percentage of the allocated R&D budget that has been utilised during the last five years by these institutions or centres; and
- (c) the number of R&D projects approved during the last five years along with the number of  projects  completed  so  far  and  the  number  of  projects  that  are  still  ongoing  or delayed?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) & (b) The total budget allocated for Research and Development (R&D) projects under the Department during the last five years for institution or centres are as follows:

| Units/ Institutions                                 |   Total budget allocated for R&D under the Department for last five years (Rupees in Crores) |   The percentage of the allocated R&D budget that has been utilized during the last five years (%) |
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)                |                                                                                      4265.69 |                                                                                              99.39 |
| Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)    |                                                                                      1099.11 |                                                                                              95.67 |
| Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) |                                                                                       576.42 |                                                                                              99.75 |
| Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC)             |                                                                                       225    |                                                                                              97.19 |
| Global Centre for Nuclear Energy                    |                                                                                       382.07 |                                                                                              73.5  |

(c)

| Partnership (GCNEP)                                                            |          |       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------|
| Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP)                                       |   149.35 | 63.15 |
| University of Mumbai-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM DAE CEBS) |   158.49 | 59.40 |
| Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI)                                        |    50.58 | 36.94 |
| Institute for Plasma Research (IPR)                                            |  4952.11 | 95.58 |
| National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)                   |   206.1  | 100   |
| Institute of Physics (IOP)                                                     |    45    | 64.87 |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)                                  |   852.3  | 100   |
| Tata Memorial Centre (TMC)                                                     |   192.59 | 87.40 |
| Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSC)                                      |    41.43 | 68.79 |
| Total                                                                          | 13196.2  |       |

| Units/ Institutions   |   The number of (R & D) projects approved in last five years |   The number of projects completed in last five years |   The number of projects ongoing as on date |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| BARC                  |                                                           60 |                                                    25 |                                          35 |
| IGCAR                 |                                                           05 |                                                    26 |                                          11 |
| RRCAT                 |                                                           07 |                                                    10 |                                          06 |
| VECC                  |                                                           07 |                                                    03 |                                          04 |
| SINP                  |                                                            3 |                                                    10 |                                           3 |
| UM-DAE CEBS           |                                                            1 |                                                     1 |                                           0 |
| HRI                   |                                                            2 |                                                     7 |                                           2 |
| IPR                   |                                                            7 |                                                     8 |                                           6 |
| NISER                 |                                                            7 |                                                     2 |                                           7 |
| IOP                   |                                                           12 |                                                     8 |                                           4 |
| TIFR                  |                                                            6 |                                                     8 |                                          10 |
| TMC                   |                                                            4 |                                                     3 |                                           1 |
| IMSC                  |                                                            2 |                                                     0 |                                           2 |

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