Lok Sabha Question No. 760 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-07
Subject: Atal Tinkering Labs
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 760 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2024

## ATAL TINKERING LABS

## 760. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the steps undertaken by the Government  to  promote  innovation  and entrepreneurship across the country;
- (b) the objectives of setting up Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) across the country; and
- (c) whether the Government has established any Atal Tinkering Labs in Aspirational Districts and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND 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) Government of India has set up Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to create and promote the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country. AIM's objective is to develop new programmes and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the economy, provide  platforms  and  collaboration  opportunities  for  different  stakeholders,  and  create  an umbrella structure to oversee the innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystem of the country. Following are the details of flagship initiatives undertaken at AIM:
-  Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL): ATL is a state-of-the-art makerspace established in a school with a goal to foster curiosity and innovation in young minds, between grade 6th to 12 th , through 21st century tools and technologies such as Internet of Things, 3D printing, rapid prototyping tools, robotics, miniaturized electronics, do-it-yourself kits and many more.

-  Atal  Incubation  Centres  (AIC): Atal  Incubation  Centres  are  business  incubators established by AIM at universities, institutions and corporates to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among young innovators of the country.
-  Atal  Community  Innovation  Centres  (ACIC): To  promote  the benefits of technology led innovation to the unserved/underserved regions of India including Tier 2, Tier 3 cities, aspirational districts, tribal, hilly and coastal areas, AIM is setting up Atal Community Innovation Centres.
-  Atal New India Challenges (ANIC): The program aims to seek, select, support and nurture  technology-based  innovations  that  solve  sectoral  challenges  of  national importance and societal relevance.
-  Mentor of Change: To enable all the initiatives to succeed, AIM has launched one of the largest mentor engagement and management program.
- (b) The objectives of setting up ATLs across the country are as follows:
-  To  create  workspaces  where  young  minds  can  learn  innovation  skills,  sculpt  ideas through hands-on activities, work and learn in a flexible environment.
-  To  empower  our  youth  with  21 st century  skills  of  creativity,  innovation,  critical thinking, design thinking, and so on.
-  To help build innovative solutions for India's unique challenges and thereby support India's efforts to grow as a knowledge economy.
- (c) Yes, Sir. Out of 10,000 ATLs established across the country till date, 1,175 (11.75%) ATLs have been established in 103 Aspirational Districts of the country. The statewise, district-wise count of ATLs in Aspirational Districts is enclosed in Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 760 FOR 07.02.2024  BY  SHRIMATI  POONAMBEN  MAADAM: REGARDING ATAL TINKERING LABS

## District-wise count of ATLs in Aspirational Districts

| STATE             | DISTRICT                        |   NUMBER OF ATLs |
|-------------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | VISAKHAPATNAM                   |               85 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | VIZIANAGARAM                    |               55 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | YSR DISTRICT, KADAPA (CUDDAPAH) |               51 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | NAMSAI                          |                1 |
| ASSAM             | BAKSA                           |               17 |
| ASSAM             | BARPETA                         |               22 |
| ASSAM             | DARRANG                         |                5 |
| ASSAM             | DHUBRI                          |               21 |
| ASSAM             | GOALPARA                        |               11 |
| ASSAM             | HAILAKANDI                      |               11 |
| ASSAM             | UDALGURI                        |                1 |
| BIHAR             | ARARIA                          |                2 |
| BIHAR             | AURANGABAD                      |               15 |
| BIHAR             | BANKA                           |                4 |
| BIHAR             | BEGUSARAI                       |                5 |
| BIHAR             | GAYA                            |                6 |
| BIHAR             | KATIHAR                         |                1 |
| BIHAR             | KHAGARIA                        |                1 |
| BIHAR             | MUZAFFARPUR                     |                4 |
| BIHAR             | NAWADA                          |                2 |
| BIHAR             | PURNIA (PURNEA)                 |                4 |
| BIHAR             | SITAMARHI                       |                2 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | BASTAR                          |               15 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | BIJAPUR                         |               24 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | DANTEWADA (SOUTH BASTAR)        |                1 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | KANKER (NORTH BASTAR)           |               14 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | KONDAGAON                       |               12 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | KORBA                           |               17 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | MAHASAMUND                      |               20 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | NARAYANPUR                      |                8 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | RAJNANDGAON                     |               18 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | SUKMA                           |                1 |
| GUJARAT           | DAHOD                           |               12 |
| GUJARAT           | NARMADA (RAJPIPLA)              |                9 |
| HARYANA           | MEWAT                           |               22 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | CHAMBA                          |                4 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | BARAMULLA                       |               17 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | KUPWARA                         |                4 |
| JHARKHAND         | BOKARO                          |               11 |

| JHARKHAND      | CHATRA            |   5 |
|----------------|-------------------|-----|
| JHARKHAND      | EAST SINGHBHUM    |  17 |
| JHARKHAND      | GARHWA            |   2 |
| JHARKHAND      | GIRIDIH           |   7 |
| JHARKHAND      | GODDA             |   1 |
| JHARKHAND      | GUMLA             |   5 |
| JHARKHAND      | HAZARIBAG         |   9 |
| JHARKHAND      | KHUNTI            |   3 |
| JHARKHAND      | LATEHAR           |   1 |
| JHARKHAND      | LOHARDAGA         |   5 |
| JHARKHAND      | PALAMU            |   3 |
| JHARKHAND      | RAMGARH           |   6 |
| JHARKHAND      | RANCHI            |  23 |
| JHARKHAND      | SIMDEGA           |   2 |
| JHARKHAND      | WEST SINGHBHUM    |   4 |
| KARNATAKA      | RAICHUR           |  45 |
| KARNATAKA      | YADGIR            |  13 |
| KERALA         | WAYANAD           |  29 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | BARWANI           |  10 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | CHHATARPUR        |  11 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | DAMOH             |  11 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | GUNA              |   5 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | KHANDWA           |   9 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | RAJGARH           |  15 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | SINGRAULI         |   7 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | VIDISHA           |  24 |
| MAHARASHTRA    | GADCHIROLI        |  11 |
| MAHARASHTRA    | NANDURBAR         |   6 |
| MAHARASHTRA    | OSMANABAD         |  24 |
| MAHARASHTRA    | WASHIM            |   7 |
| MANIPUR        | CHANDEL           |   5 |
| NAGALAND       | KIPHIRE           |   1 |
| ODISHA         | BALANGIR          |  21 |
| ODISHA         | DHENKANAL         |   8 |
| ODISHA         | GAJAPATI          |   3 |
| ODISHA         | KALAHANDI         |  18 |
| ODISHA         | KANDHAMAL         |   2 |
| ODISHA         | KORAPUT           |  16 |
| ODISHA         | MALKANGIRI        |   5 |
| ODISHA         | NABARANGPUR       |   5 |
| ODISHA         | NUAPADA           |   7 |
| ODISHA         | RAYAGADA          |   3 |
| PUNJAB         | FEROZEPUR         |  12 |
| PUNJAB         | MOGA              |   5 |
| RAJASTHAN      | BARAN             |   8 |
| RAJASTHAN      | DHOLPUR           |   4 |
| RAJASTHAN      | JAISALMER KARAULI |   8 |
| RAJASTHAN      |                   |   8 |

| RAJASTHAN     | SIROHI                  |   7 |
|---------------|-------------------------|-----|
| SIKKIM        | WEST SIKKIM             |   8 |
| TAMILNADU     | RAMANATHAPURAM          |  31 |
| TAMILNADU     | VIRUDHUNAGAR            |  37 |
| TELANGANA     | BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM    |   2 |
| TELANGANA     | JAYASHANKAR BHUPALPALLY |   1 |
| TELANGANA     | KUMURAM BHEEM ASIFABAD  |   5 |
| TRIPURA       | DHALAI                  |   1 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | BAHRAICH                |   2 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | CHANDAULI               |   3 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | CHITRAKOOT              |   1 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | FATEHPUR                |  41 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | SIDDHARTH NAGAR         |   2 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | SONBHADRA               |  12 |
| UTTARAKHAND   | HARIDWAR                |  14 |
| UTTARAKHAND   | UDHAM SINGH NAGAR       |  14 |

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