Lok Sabha Question No. 2940 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: PRISM Scheme
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2940 (To BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2015) Dy-

## PRISM SCHEME

## 2940. SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposals under the Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Startups and MSMEs (PRISM) scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year including the areas of focus of these proposals, phaselcategory-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has disbursed any monetary support for the proposals under the scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details of the amount so disbursed? far

## ANSWER

## MiNiSTER OF STATE FOR SCiENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AMD EARTH SCIENCES

## (SHRI Y S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) the Government has received proposals under the Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Startups and MSMEs (PRISM) scheme of Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) PRISM is a 12th Five Year Plan scheme initiated in 2013 with the broad objective of supporting individual innovators develop working models, prototypes andlor processes based on their innovative ideas, besides supporting autonomous institutions and societies in developing state-of-the-art technology solutions. Yes, May
- (b) The details of proposals received since the inception of the scheme are as given below:

| Number of proposals received                                                |   178 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
| Number of proposals recommended by the PRISM Advisory & Screening Committee |    57 |
| Number of projects supported                                                |    30 |

The projects supported under PRISM, phase-wise and category-wise, indicating the area of focus, are listed in the Annexure:

- (c) Yes, the Government has disbursed monetary support for the proposals under the scheme:
- (d) Year-wise financial support provided for the proposals is summarized below:

| Category                 | Funds released year-wise (Rs lakh)   | Funds released year-wise (Rs lakh)   | Funds released year-wise (Rs lakh)   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|                          | 2013-14                              | 2014-15                              | 2015-16                              |
| PRISM                    | Nil                                  | 8.244                                | 1.10                                 |
| Phase-I Category-I PRISM | Nil                                  | 74.0238                              | 44.18                                |
| Phase-I Category-II      | Nil                                  | 82.2678                              | 45.28                                |

The details of financial  support provided for the proposals are as indicated in the Annexure.

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## Department of Scientific & Industrial Research Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Start-ups & MSMEs (PRISM)

## DETAILS OF FUNDS DISBURSED TO PRISM PROJECTS [2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (until 12/12/2015)]

PRISM\_Phase I\_Category-I:

[Financial support upto Rs. 2.00 lakh to individual innovators for proof of concept/ prototype/ model]

| Sl. No.   | Projects funded indicating area 0f focus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Funds released (Rs: Lakh)   | Funds released (Rs: Lakh)   | Funds released (Rs: Lakh)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Projects funded indicating area 0f focus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2013- 14                    | 2014- 15                    | 2015- 16                    |
| 1         | Power operated garlic and onion bulb cutter: A cost effective garlic and onion bulb cutter which gives a clean cut, so that rejection of the bulb_is_reduced_                                                                                                                          |                             | 0.55                        |                             |
| 2         | Motorized car jack: An economical and user friendly motorized car jack powered by a car's internal battery_with & button system:                                                                                                                                                       |                             | 0.935                       | 0.50                        |
| 3         | Oil and stain cleaner from Carambola (Star Fruit): A device is to produce a stain cleaner from the waste pulp of carambola fruits, which will be able to remove oil stains from metallic surfaces, hands and other parts of human bodies, painted surfaces of cars and other vehicles. |                             | 0.88                        |                             |
| 4         | Cost effective portable chalk board eraser cleaner:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                             | 0.22                        | 0.35                        |
| 5         | Baby pee foretelling and alerting system: A device which senses the micturition (just prior to urination) point and alarms the caretaker:                                                                                                                                              |                             | 1.10                        |                             |
| 6_        | DTMF (Dual tone multi frequency) Control Logic for Automobile Wind Shield Wipers & Washers: A dual tone multi frequency control based personalized wind shield wiper and washer device for automobiles.                                                                                |                             | 0.264                       | 0.25                        |
|           | Development and commercial extraction of bio-product from biomass: A process for production of edible bi-carbonate from biomass.                                                                                                                                                       |                             | 0.935                       |                             |
|           | Partial replacement of sand by foundry waste to make M3O Grade Concrete: A process of making M 30 grade concrete by replacing fine aggregates with waste foundry sand:                                                                                                                 |                             | 0.66                        |                             |
| 9         | An innovative chulah for cooking purpose and for also providing hot water, through optimal regulation of heat flow and better fuel utilization                                                                                                                                         |                             | 0.22                        |                             |
| 10        | Improving the existent Laser to make it suitable for a wide spectrum of applications: An indoor physical gamel fighter model where players/soldiers move in teams/groups, which can be useful for both gaming industry as well as defence related applications Tag                     |                             | 1.16                        |                             |
| 11_       | Efficient composting of Bio-degradable waste through Mesophili Aerobic Rapid Composting (MARC) Method:                                                                                                                                                                                 |                             | 1.32                        |                             |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                             | 8.244                       | 1.10                        |

ANNEXURE

PRISM\_Phase I Category-II: [Financial support upto Rs. 20.00 Iakh to individual innovators for fabrication of working models/prototype/Testing and trials/patenting/technology transfer]

| No.   | Projects funded, indicating area of focus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Funds released (Rs. Lakh) 12013-14 2014-15 12015-16   |   Funds released (Rs. Lakh) 12013-14 2014-15 12015-16 | Funds released (Rs. Lakh) 12013-14 2014-15 12015-16   |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | Development of biodegradable Sanitary Napkins: Environment friendly sanitary napkins for use by women                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                       |                                                3.85   | 3.00                                                  |
| 2     | Transient 3D framework for seeding and expansion of Cells towards delivery in vivo and therapeutics: A simple, cost effective and environment friendly technology for expansion and delivery under regenerative medicine medium with minimum possibility of cell infection and dedifferentiation: cell |                                                       |                                                9.9    | 6.00                                                  |
| 3     | Plasma expressor with semiautomatic top and bottom use in affordable healthcare: A top and bottom equipment for separating plasma to generate Leuko Reduced Red Blood Cells and reduce adverse blood transfusion reaction for                                                                          |                                                       |                                                2.2    | 3.50                                                  |
| 4     | Improved hydro screw turbine generator: An improved hydro-turbine generator that is scalable 1.0 kw to 500 kw. from                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                       |                                                0.55   | 5.77                                                  |
| 5     | Mechanical Hoe: An agricultural implement developed for saffron farming:                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                       |                                                0.3927 | 1.45                                                  |
| 6     | Pesticide mixer cum sprayer agricultural pump: A multipurpose agricultural implement useful for farmers in hilly regions:                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                       |                                                0.3795 | 1.90                                                  |
| 7     | Low cost diagnostic and correlating device for shoe-bed design: A device for design of patient-specific shoe-beds (insole), especially for diabetes management                                                                                                                                         |                                                       |                                                1.1    |                                                       |
| 8     | Low cost sequence Embroidery Machine: A simple and elegant machine for application- specific sewing machines for productivity enhancement in intricate Zari & Zardozi work:                                                                                                                            |                                                       |                                                4.235  |                                                       |
| 9     | Wireless Informer: A system providing theft information in the form of ring alerts with several advantages over existing_devices                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                       |                                                4.235  | 0.75                                                  |
| 10_   | A jacquard punched card reader for Digitizing Woven Designs:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                       |                                                8.25   |                                                       |
| 11_   | Autonomous Driving System for Ground Vehicles: An autonomous driving system for ground vehicles which allows a vehicle to drive itself intelligently from one location to another without requiring any human assistance                                                                               |                                                       |                                               15.125  |                                                       |
| 12    | Hollow brick manufacturing machine and accessories: Amachine for manufacturing _pre-moulded hollow bricks:                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                       |                                                1.65   | 10.00                                                 |
| 13    | On-board-equipment (OBU) for in-cab signaling and control of trains: Development of OBU to be used in Loco cabins (train engines) for better information management                                                                                                                                    |                                                       |                                                4.18   |                                                       |
| 14.   | Innovative energy saving furnace with recuperator: An improved biomass based furnace                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                       |                                                1.067  | 11.81                                                 |
| 15_   | Removing particulate matter from engine exhaust: A device for trapping and removing particulate matter the exhaust of an internal combustion engine,_without increasing back pressure from                                                                                                             |                                                       |                                                5.5576 |                                                       |
| 16.   | Solar powered portable Cardiac Monitoring unit: A multifunctional 4-in-1 solar powered portable cardiac monitoring unit for use by heart patients:                                                                                                                                                     |                                                       |                                                1.782  |                                                       |
| 17_   | Design, development and performance evaluation of Eco-Trapin-3: A simple retrofit designed waterless urinal based on HDPE material that can be fitted at the base of a urinal bowl, working on green mechanical technology:                                                                            |                                                       |                                                2.97   |                                                       |
| 18.   | Novel DIVA ELISA Kit for detection of Paratuberculosis infection: A DIVA (Differentiate Infected & Vaccinated Animals) ELISA Kit, a diagnostic tool for detection of Paratuberculosis infection in animals, for use in Animal Husbandry:                                                               |                                                       |                                                3.3    |                                                       |
| 19    | Development of Kits for Direct PCR Amplification of Plant DNA: A kit aimed at amplifying plant DNA without its isolation, and purification of the same through mechanical processes:                                                                                                                   |                                                       |                                                3.3    |                                                       |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                       |                                               74.0238 | 44.18                                                 |