Lok Sabha Question No. 3081 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Anusandhan National Research Foundation
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ms Sayani Ghosh

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3081 ANSWERED ON 19/03/2025

## ANUSANDHAN NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

## 3081. Ms SAYANI GHOSH:

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

- (a) the current status of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) announced in the interim budget Financial Year, 2025;
- (b) the  funds  allocated  and  utilised  under  the  Anusandhan  National Research Foundation for basic research and prototype development; and
- (c) whether the Anusandhan National Research Fund comes under the aegis of National Research Fund, if so, the details of the funding pattern to Anusandhan National Research Fund?

## ANSWER

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

( स्ितंत्र प्रभार)

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

- (a) The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has been operationalized  since  February  05,  2024.  The  first  meeting  of  the Governing Board (GB) of ANRF was held on 10 th  September, 2024 which discussed  about  India's  Science  and  Technology  landscape  and redesigning  of  research  and  development  programmes.  As  per  the recommendation of the GB, ANRF has launched multiple programmes aiming to position India as global player in select key sectors, driving scientific advances and innovation ecosystem, and for promoting the research and innovation in partnership with the private sector. These include  Prime  Minister's  Early  Career  Research  Grant  (PM-ECRG)  to assist  young  researchers  for  initiating  their  research  career;  EV-

Mission program under MAHA (Mission for Advancement in High-impact Areas)  to  promote  research  &  development  of  Electric  Vehicle  (EV) adoption in India; Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR) in line of Hub and Spoke model, as a first step towards fostering research across a broader range of institutions; and   Inclusivity  Research  Grant  (IRG)  to  provide  funding  support  to researchers  belonging  to  the  Scheduled  Caste  /Scheduled  Tribe  for undertaking research in frontier areas of science and engineering.

- (b) ANRF has been allocated RE of Rs. 966 crore for the FY 2024-25 and out of which Rs. 666.38 crore has been utilized, so far.
- (c) The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has been established through an Act of Parliament, namely ANRF Act, 2023. The provisions  of  the  ANRF  Act,  2023  came  into  force  on  February  05, 2024.  The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) aims to receive funds in the form of ANRF Fund, Innovation Fund, Science and Engineering Research Fund, Special Purpose Funds. A budgetary    provision  of  Rs.  14,000  crore  is  made  from  the  Central Government and remaining  amount will be sourced through donations from any other source, including from public sector enterprises, the private sector, philanthropist organizations, foundations or international bodies for R & D, recoveries made of the amounts granted to ANRF, any income from investment of the amounts received by ANRF and all amounts with the Fund for Science and Engineering Research under the repealed Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008.

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