Lok Sabha Question No. 1667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-04
Subject: Research Projects of CSIR
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1667 (To BE ANSWERED ON 04.05.2016) RESEARCH PROJECTS OF CSIR

1667 . SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY :

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

- (a) whether the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has taken up any research projects for new inventions in various fields for the benefit of the common people during the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof particularly in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S: CHOWDARY)

- (a) The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been providing the s&t knowledgebase needed for the benefit of the common people: The efforts are focused at bringing in desired S&T interventions for improving the quality of removing drudgery and augmenting income of the people: CSIR has developed technologies for: food and food processing; water; healthcare;  building and construction; water; environment and sanitation; rural roads; cultivation and processing economic plants; farm machinery; leather; pottery etc: The technologies developed have been gainfully utilized in several states and contributed for improving quality of life and economic growth of common people: life,

CSIR has developed a number of technologies on water, ranging from source finding to mapping of water resources; from quality assessment to enhancing potability of water and from recycling to waste water treatment. The technology for community scale RO desalination plants has been developed: The RO plants in various states (Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, West Bengal, Gujarat etc-) have been set up based on the technology- Further, technology for arsenic removal from water has been developed and based on the same common people have benefitted in the state of West Bengal: Also high flux hollow fibre membrane based technology for water disinfection and purification at affordable cost has been developed and is used at commercial level: being

CSIR has developed KrishiShakti; a small range (11.2 hp) diesel engine tractor for farmers with small land holdings for effective tilling: The technology of the same has been transferred and  manufacturing has been initiated in West

Bengal: The tractor was launched in Delhi on 20th November 2014 and five tractors were handed over to farmers.

CSIR has improved the performance of gur bhattis which are used in large number by the villagers in sugarcane crop areas. The improved gur bhattis have longer furnace consume less fuel (bagasse) and emit less exhaust smoke: CSIR has developed improved design kerosene multi wick stove (nonpressure type); which is popularly known as 'Nutan Large' stove: By use of the improved design stoves, about 25-30% fuel saving is achieved: CSIR has also developed a kerosene pressure stove (offset burner type) with 10-15% fuel saving: These stoves are used in households; small restaurants; roadside tea shops etc: They are popular among rural masses and are also used in urban and semi-urban areas. life, cost effective and efficient anti tarnishing lacquer has been developed for brasswares, helping the Moradabad brass cluster. The developed lacquer is very efficient to prevent tarnishing for durations: Also, energy efficient brass melting furnace has been developed which is smoke-free coal furnace; handles more charge (brass melt); reduces gas emission and pollution by 80% and consumes 20% less coal: It is user friendly as artisans can adopt this furnace without changing their current practices and like the present furnace, this modified version can also be repaired by the artisans- The knowhow has been transferred for commercial use. long

CSIR has developed an indigenous substitute of Ukraine clay in granito ceramic tiles which has reduced the Ukraine requirement from 20% to about 1 reducing thus the foreign material import and associated costsThis has made major economic difference and benefitted small and medium scale enterprises in Gujarat: clay %,

A food processing unit has been set up at CSIR-Centre for High Altitude Biology (CSIR-CeHAB) in the remote tribal region of Lahaul and Spiti. A brining unit has been designed and prototype developed for the preservation of locally and abundantly produced peas and cauliflowers\_ The knowhow was showcased at the District level Tribal Fair at Keylong and training organized for the benefit of progressive farmers in the area of food and food processing: making novel products from Buckwheat; and also brining of the peas which is a major crop.

CSIR has worked with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for the development of highly priced rice variety; Samba Mahsuri, resistant to the improved serious Bacterial Blight (BB) disease. This new variety called, Samba Mahsuri has been released for commercial cultivation and is very much appreciated by farmers growing rice: being

A novel variety of Ashwagandha with high root yield of 15 quintallhectare has been developed and released to farmers which would help farmers with more earnings. The Ashwagandha has useful applications in pharma applications as

anti-inflammatory; anti-stroke and anti-arthritis drug adjuvant:

The people of North East India make a number of leather products but were unable to reach the market and earn desired   profit due to lack of aesthetic appeal and standardisation. There was a need to transform this knowledge into wealth by increasing the value of the products without losing its real essence. CSIR carried out a comprehensive survey in the north eastern region: Based on the inputs from the survey, new ranges Of products were developed: The handbags are crafted and designed with the ethnic materials of the northeast and the inspirations are derived from Ornaments, Dresses & Artifacts adorned by tribal folks of the northeast India. The products were displayed in various nationall international fairs and have attracted many enquiries: This has benefited the women entrepreneurs of North Eastern region: they

CSIR has set up post-harvest centres in Mizoram (Aizawl) and Arunachal Pradesh (Pashighat): These centres are focused at helping the local farmers in the region for value addition to their agricultural produce: The centres house technology for high efficiency drying and processing of ginger, cardamom, turmeric, chilies etc: The farmers are able to sell their produce at 20 25% higher price to the processing centres set up. The CSIR Post Harvest Technology Centres would generate direct employment to about 300 people:

CSIR has introduced and commercialized floriculture in Lahaul and Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh: The laboratory has played a catalytic role in the promotion of the commercial floriculture in Himachal Pradesh: Utilizing CSIR agro-technologies of Lilium, carnation, and gladiolus flowers in the region; the flower growers have realized good  income  through sale of loose and cut flowers at Delhi flower market: Over 3000 farmers are engaged in floriculture in Himachal Pradesh:

Knowhow for economically valuable cultivation for the seaweed Kappaphyus alavarezii have been developed: This seaweed is being commercially cultivated by >800 SHGs in Tamil Nadu: Each member involved in seaweed cultivation is   earning on an average per month for a period of 8 months in a year: The seaweed also yields bioenergy products along with cogeneration of bio-fertilizer.

CSIR has been adopting   villages to promote employment generation and income augmentation: It has thus catalyzed commercial cultivation of Geranium in Uttaranchal and Lavender in Jammu & Kashmir community participation: In these end to end missions, farmers have been trained not only for cultivation of Geranium and Lavender but also for extraction of oil, augmenting thus their income: Likewise CSIR efforts through development cultivation are noteworthy: The efforts have led to economic growth and have oil

of niche Mentha varieties and their propagation for mass enabled India to acquire a in Menthol mint production and export:

CSIR efforts for socio-economic development had led to: empowering people industry; development of farmers in Uttar Pradesh in the partnership of the Kashmir Valley through creation of aromatic bio-inoculants for enhancing plant productivity and its dissemination to the with the State Government on a very large scale and it has enhanced agriculture productivity; and development of mushroom technology; its transfer and training which has benefitted economically the rural women in North East States.

CSIR has been contributing in the area of Some recently developed technologieslinterventions benefitting the common people include: Streptokinase (a drug for cardiovascular disease); Risorine (a cost effective bioavailability enhanced anti-tuberculosis drug); Battery operated hand-held MicroPCR (towards affordable and   point of care disease diagnostics for Tuberculosis, Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Hepatitis B and HIN1); nonClonablelD technology for medical product authentication; Diagnostic system for affordable; point of need testing to manage HIV and TB; Novel molecular diagnostics for eye diseases; and eHealth Center (eHC, a platform for the fourth paradigm of science, data-intensive discovery, while bringing affordable healthcare services to the doorstep of people):

CSIR has played a major role in protecting the traditional  knowledge by creating a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL): The TKDL contains information in 5 international   languages, English, Japanese, Spanish, French and German concerning 2.93 Iakh medicinal formulations in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha: Through the TKDL access agreement concluded with European Patent Office (EPO, 34 Member States), US Patent & Trade Mark Office (USPTO); Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), IP Australia, Japan Patent Office (JPO), United Kingdom Patent and Trademark Office (UKPTO) and German Patent Office (GPO) examiners of these offices can utilize TKDL for search and examination of Intellectual Property applications filed but cannot make any third party disclosure: TKDL is recognized globally as a model for protection of traditional knowledge:

CSIR laboratories are further strengthening in Kashmir Valley through currently working towards field level demonstration and propagation of specific superior genotypes of CSIRs medicinal & Aromatic plants in Jammu & Kashmir region. Efforts are being made to train farmers on cultivation and value addition of medicinal and aromatic plants like Lavender, Rose, Lemongrass, Tegetes, Mint; and Phalsa: Awareness camps for farmers of the area besides demonstrations of Mobile Distillation region

Unit for extraction of essential oils are conducted: Already more than seventy farmers in 14 villages of Kathua district (J&K) have been distributed slips of lemongrass, Java citronella and vetiver for cultivation in 17.47 hectares area under a project:

The R&D project activities undertaken by CSIR laboratories for welfare of the rural areas across the country,  during past few years are provided at Annexure-1.

- (b) The knowledgebase developed by the constituent CSIR laboratories across the country are utilizable by Jharkhand state as well: In addition, the CSIRCIMFR (CSIR-Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research) in Jharkhand is pursuing towards achieving scientific and technological excellence in the area of Mining Fuel Research, similarly CSIR-NML (CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory), Jamshedpur is pursuing ReD towards achieving scientific and technological excellence in the area of Minerals, Metals and Materials. Both the labs have taken into account the region-specific requirements as well:

| CSIR lab                                                       | Focus of ReD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| CSIR-CIMFR (CSIR- Central Institute of Mining & Fuel           | Underground mining technologies for safe and economic extraction of thick andlor steep seams, Coastal Placer Mining; Mines safety monitoring; Detection and mapping of old and unapproachable workings and stabilization of unstable areas; and Disaster Management                                                                            |
| CSIR-NML (CSIR- National Metallurgical Laboratory), Jamshedpur | Mineral Processing Extractive Metallurgy Iron and Steel, ferroalloys Nonferrous metal extraction Advanced material processingl post processing Materials characterization,_synthesisand modelling Non-destructive testing and evaluation Corrosion of metals and alloys Green Metallurgical technologies Waste_utilization and metal recycling |

The projects carried out in recent past and some on-going projects of the 12th Five Year Plan are as follows:

| S. No.   | Project Title Brief Information     |
|----------|-------------------------------------|
|          | Projects carried out in recent past |

| Utilization of natural minerals for providing safe drinking water   | Database created on the possible usage of a wide range of naturally occurring minerals having potential as water purifiers and launched as an open access web portal   |
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|                                                                     | Portal contains valuable knowledgebase for negotiating_various water quality issues                                                                                    |
|                                                                     | Portal has two dedicated pages on arsenic and fluoride posted in Hindi; Telugu and other regional languages Oriya,                                                     |

| Ongoing 12th Five_Year Plan Projects                      | Ongoing 12th Five_Year Plan Projects                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| CSIR-Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad | Clean Coal Technology Development of a technology for   optimal extraction of locked-up coal from underground mines using artificial pillars Development of underground coal gasification technology in India Development of suitable design methodology for extraction of coal at greater depths (>300 m) for Indian geomining_conditions |
| CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur        | Development of Zero Waste Technology for Processing and Utilization of Thermal Coal Development of Magnesium Metal Production _Technology                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

Annexure-1 Some of projects carried out by CSIR at different villagesl locations in recent years, a glance are as follows: key at

|   S. No. | CSIR project activities                                                                                                                              | Work Area and villages                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|        1 | Sisal-potentials for Rural Development and General                                                                                                   | Balaghat; Chindwara, Seoni, Sehore; Hoshangabad region in Madhya Pradesh State. Sisal Resources Centers established at 12 villages of these districts for generating additional income to farmers                                                                         |
|        2 | Dissemination and showcasing of CSIR rural Technologies                                                                                              | Various locations in the country                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        3 | Dissemination, Training and Demonstration of appropriate rural housing technologies                                                                  | Different locations spread all over the country including North-East and Himalayan Hills at following: Muzaffarpur, Bihar Shillong; Meghalaya Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Dehradun; Uttrakhand New Delhi Bhopal Ashok Sansthan; Ghazipur, UP Chamoli, Uttrakhand Midnapur WB |
|        4 | Establishment of a Rural centre to carry out epidemiological study of various hereditary disorders and to create facility for their Genetic analysis | NEIST, Jorhat Benefitting villages around Jaunpur namely Kalwari; Premrajpur, Ramnagar, Rithi; Bhabhauri, Tikri, Deopur, Purabaghela, Sherawa, and Dudhowli                                                                                                               |
|        5 | Development of Electrochemical technologies for drinking water upgradation in                                                                        | North east region                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|        6 | Strategic Rural Income enhancements by Medicinal & Industrial                                                                                        | AP: Hyderabad, Anantpur and Kurnul districts: Karnataka: Bhatkal Taluk of Karnataka, villages Ujjinagere: Hulihonda,_Arasinagere and Tattihalli                                                                                                                           |

|    | plants based technologies                                                                                                                         | and Bangalore Uttarakhand: Purara, Pantnagar Uttar Pradesh: Sitapur, Barabanki and Lucknow districts Gujrat: Gandhinagar North east: Jorhat Bihar and Chhattisgarh   |
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|  7 | Development and demonstration of technology for better recovery and utilization of fallen animal carcasses                                        | Gujrat: Kanjari, Tranja, Bardoli, Nadiad Pipad Mathaniya and Balwa (Jodhpur District) Odisha: Jeypore Punjab: Alowal;Gurdaspur Dhakoli City,                         |
|  8 | Development of appropriate technologyltechniques and demonstrations for improving_rural tanning                                                   | Gujarat, Bhinmal Sanchor, Dist-Jhalore in Rajasthan, Kolhapur in Maharashtra, Sobhapur in U.P. and Leh in Jammu & Kashmir.                                           |
|  9 | Developmentl Demonstration of technologies for strengthening rural Jeather_footwear sector                                                        | Kolhapur region in Maharashtra                                                                                                                                       |
| 10 | Development of novel leather products based on ethnic designs                                                                                     | Manipur and Assam region:                                                                                                                                            |
| 11 | Development of Post- Harvest Processing Technology for Ginger, Turmeric, Chilli and its implementation for augmenting Regional economy of Mizoram | Aizawl District Block Tlangnuam (within city area); Rural Blocks Thingsulthliah, Phullen, Darlawn)                                                                   |
| 12 | Development of post- harvest processing technology and to enhance the farmer's economy of Arunachal Pradesh                                       | Upper Siang District (Arunachal Pradesh) Blocks: Jengging; Yingkiong; Maryang; Tuting                                                                                |
| 13 | Specific polymeric ion exchanger based water purification domestic units for arsenic and fluoride removal                                         | Villages of North Parganas and Sangrampur Sibati Gram Panchayat West Bengal                                                                                          |

|   14. | Development of cottage industries for gypsum based products                                        | Haripar, Venasar; Bhavpar and Bagasara villages of Maliya Taluka in Rajkot District; Gujarat region, Ganjam District of Odisha,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|    15 | Improving the quality and yield of salt produced by the marginal salt producers across the country | Humma Tiruchirapalli _in Tamil Nadu Haripar, Venasar, Bhavpar, Varshamedi and Bagasara villages of Maliya Taluka in Rajkot District, Gujarat: The up graded salt technology implemented in 170   marginal salt works in the region: Kharaghoda, Degam, Kuda, Nimak Nagar, Kidi, Jogad; Mangadh, Ranmalpur, Sultanpur villages in Little Rann of Kutch (Gujarat) 300 marginal salt works covered under training and 150 salt works covered under direct supervision: Bherai, Port Victor & Kathivadar para of Rajula Taluka in Amareli District of Gujarat adopted 30 marginal salt works in the above regions: One model salt farm established at Port Victor region: Nawa, Kuchaman & Pachabhadra in Rajasthan the quality salt technology demonstrated at Nawa in Rajasthan is being extended to Phalodi, Kuchaman and Pachbhadra regions of Rajasthan. 30 salt producers given modified design and layout of solar salt works: 29 salt manufacturers good |

|     |                                                                                                   | salt farm as per the latest design & layout:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| 6.  | Farming of seaweeds and their value addition as an alternative livelihood for coastal fisher folk | Pullivasal and Hare island Tuticorin Block & District Tamilnadu 0.8 ha 2 Kulasekaranpattinam Tiruchendur Block (Tuticorin, District); Tamilnadu 0.25 3_ T.Nagar Mandapam Block (Ramanathapuram,District), Tamilnadu 10.0 4 Akkalmadam, Mandapam Block (Ramanathapuram, District), Tamilnadu 3.0 ha: 5_ Pamban Mandapam Block (Ramanathapuram, District), Tamilnadu 6_ Ariyankundu Rameswaram Block (Ramanathapuram, District), Tamilnadu 3.5 ha. 7_ Hamsaladivi Block (Krishna District); AP 1.0 acre 8 Gujarat Maritime Board Port Area, Okha Block (Jamnagar District); Gujarat 1.0 acre 9 Mandvi Block (Kutch District) Gujarat 1 acre |
| 17. | Tea farm mechanization                                                                            | Bir, Baijnath, Palampur and Dharamshala area of Himachal Pradesh (HP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 18. | Tea advisory services for production of_quality tea                                               | Kangra and Mandi Distrcits of Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 19. | Design and development of mobile essential oil extraction units                                   | Kangra, Mandi and Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 20. | Training on virus-tested planting material production  technology of applez_plum and cherry       | Kashmir: Shopian, Baramulla, Ganderbal and Sopore, Himachal Pradesh: Solan, Ghurmawin, (Bilaspur), Mehatpur (Una) Gopalpur (Kangra)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 21_ | Demonstration of Curcuma and hedychium cultivation in agro- forestry system                       | Dalhousie, Kihar (Churah) and Bharmour forest divisions in district Chamba, and Uhl Range of forest in district Kangra of Himachal Total area covered 6.2 ha:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 22. | Utilization of available plant raw material for fetching high price                               | Kangra and Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 23. | Promotion and utilization of bamboos                                                              | Quality bamboo plants supplied to Arunanchal, Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jek (Introduced at Srinagar; Rajauri and Jammu for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

|     |                                                                                                                                                            | the first time); Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttrakhand and West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| 24. | Promoting large scale cultivation of medicinal, aromatic and other high valued crops_                                                                      | Kangra, Chamba, Mandi of HP and Gurdaspur of Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 25. | Transfer of cut flower and virus tested planting material production technologies                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Uttrakhand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 26. | Implementation of new technology and training program for rural development in sericulture at North East states of India (Assam                            | Jorhat, (Assam), Imphal (Manipur)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 27_ | and Manipur)_ Samadhan Kendra: A rural Information technology centre for benefit of rural population in West and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh | Four Samadhan Kendra established in Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Each Kendra catered to 20 surrounding villages Nallajerla Samadhan Kendra villages: 1. Nallajerla, 2.Pullalapadu, 3. Jaganadhapuram, 4. Achannapalem, 5 Kouluru, 6. Pothavam, 7. Pandireddi Gudem, 9. Marlamudi, 10. Dubacherla, 11.Ananthapalli, 12. Singharajupalem 14. Prakashrao Palem 15. Gantari Gudem 16. Gopalapuram 17. Thimmanapalem 18. Nabipeta 19. Kothaguedm 20.Krishnamma Gudem |
|     |                                                                                                                                                            | Prattipadu Samadhan Kendra villages: 2.Arugolanu 3. Kotturu 4. Jagannadhapuram 5. Madhavaram 6. Dandagarra 7. Reddy Gudem Amruthapuram Upparagudem 10. Apparao Peta 11. Kommu Gudem 12. Neeladripuram 13. Krishtapuram 14. Khadiyadda 15_ Chinna Tadepalli 16. Pedda Tadepalli 17 . Ramanna Gudem 18. Venkataramana Gudem 19. Kadakatla 20. Yagarlapalli: 1. Linga                                                                                                      |
|     |                                                                                                                                                            | Pydiparru Samadhan Kendra villages: Paidipuram 2 Mandapaka 3. Velpur 4. Venkatarayapuram 5. Tetali 6. Vadduru 7.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

|                                                                                 | Suryaraopalem 8. Godicherla 9 Duvva 10. Muddapuram 11. Palangi 12. Undrajvaram 13_ Mortha 14. Dammenu 15. Nadipalli 16. Kanuru 17. Valivennu 18. Kaldhari 19. Satyawada 20. Ajjaram Balusumudi Samadhan Kendra villages: 1. Bhimavaram Rural 2. Prakash Nagar 3. Deghapuram 4. Dirsumarru 5. Yanamaduru 6   |
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| 28. Rural development program including                                         | Jammu region, Kashmir region & Ladakh   region (J&k)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 29. Development Popularization of effective& efficient Technologies Sustainable | Govt of Orissa, Govt: of Assam, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka etc. installed 1,000 LPD Terafil water purification plants in large numbers: Also in Sikkim; Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh; West Bengal                                                                   |
| Development 30. Environmentally Natural dyes for                                | Maharashtra region                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 31. Rural development programs:(i) Sustainable                                  | Lucknow, Sultanpur and other nearby district having vast sodic wastelands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| 32.   | Control of Indoor Air Pollution in Rural Areas                                                                      | 15 villages from Nagpur districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| 33.   | Production and recovery of bio-flavours from damaged cull fruits and biomass                                        | Assam and Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 34.   | Rural development through aromatic plants and mushroom and their processing in North East India                     | Chumukdema, Tanphye, Nagaland ii. Silghat; Nagoan; Assam iii. Papumpare, Kurungkume, Sonjuli- Arunachal Pradesh iv. Chukitong; Wokha, Nagaland V. Kalugagon; Sibsagar, Assam vi. Khairabari, BTC, Assam vii: Gandhigram;Tripura viii. Majuli, Sibsagar; Assam ix: Senapati, Manipur X. Borum village; Arunachal Pradesh xi: Langhing, Karbi Anglong; Assam xii.Nonoi, Nagoan, Assam xiii: Belonia, Tripura xiv . Sangrat village, Churachandpur; Manipur XV . Nungba, Tamenglong; Manipur xvi: 6 district of Assam- Dibrugarh, Kamrup_Darrrang,Tinsukia |
| 35.   | Earthquake studies in North East India with special emphasis on understanding the seismicity along Kopili lineament | North East India Region                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 36.   | Development of a reverse flow natural convection driers and  cottage scale processing for rural development         | Villages in parts of Kerala; Total area covered is the region consisting of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadeep many                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 37 _  | Use of natural occurring minerals for providing safe drinking water at domestic level in state of Jharkhand         | Minerals are available in the state of Jharkhand; however, knowledge generated will also be applicable to similar minerals obtained in other parts of the country or world:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 38.   | Development of self- sustaining technology enabled villages through_                                                | Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Sikkim, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

## MAPs based technological interventions

A biovillage established near Bakshi ka Talab: One new Self Help Group (SHG) established at Dewaraikalan comprising 14 women members. Chandankund and Pawaiyabad already functioning comprising about 40 women members:

Hill tribal areas of Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, four clusters consisting of seventy one tribal farmers (71) formed and the associations  registered as self help groups (SHG'S) Trainings provided for making agarbattis (Incense sticks) and Gulab jal (Rose water):

Training cum awareness programmes organized and more than 350 persons trained in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu: Database of the interested farmers is being prepared and efforts are being made to initiate SMS based e-agro advisory in these regions: Publications of popular magazines, farm bulletins; pamphlets, CDs, cultivation manuals etc. in Hindi and regional languages brought out:

Efforts made to establish nursery of high yielding medicinal and aromatic plants in states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala: Two point of presence (POPs) established, one at Gandhigram  (Dindigul, Tamil Nadu) and another at CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum where a nursery of 28 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is being developed: These POPs can serve as nodes of supply of authentic planting material varieties to farmers: The main objectives of the project were to enhance farm incomes, generating at farm rural employment and products for cottage industry involving women and unemployed youth and reaching the unreached. Apart from economic gains, the project may help in knowledge empowerment of the rural youth and women by dissemination of  knowledge through personal interaction, published literature and regular magazines, audio visual media, knowledge kiosk, mobile vans and skill upgradation through training programs:

Further, the other R&D project activities undertaken by 22 CSIR laboratories for welfare of the rural areas across the country, during recently completed financial year 2015-16 are as follows:

- 1 Scientific and technolgical interventions at Tumda Kheda village, Barkheda Setu Panchayat and surrounding villiages of Raisen district; Madhya Pradesh for improving rural livelihood
- 3 Increasing incomes of rice farmers by popularization of improved Samba Mahsuri, a bacterial blight resistant rice cultivar , and Popularization of Apple cultivation in Eastern ghats and Gondwana regions Telagana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
- 2\_ Documentation and S&T  Intervention in the traditional  architecture of rural areas of the Western   Himalayan  region: To provide S&T  solutions for design and construction of   hill houses maintaining traditional architecture duly strengthened the innovative technologies, and to reduce the use of the more demanding building materials; Transformation of knowledge on appropriate housing technology to the rural masses for the construction safe houses and establishment of Technical Museum in CSIR-CBRI to showcase housing technologies developed by the institute since its inception and its utilization in the country: using
- 4 (i) Installation of a 500 LPD reverse osmosis plant for purifying drinking water to the rural backward village Muthuvayal, Ramanathapuram District, (ii) Replacement of cyanide copper electrolytes with economically   viable, environment   friendly   cyanide free electrolytes for a gold and nickel plating unit and common facilities center at Ariyakkudi for plating on copper and brassware components at Ariyakkudi, (iv) Organization of  science quiz and elocution   competition at various village schools and to set up a mobile science van for 10+2 chemistry/physics experiments at remote village schools in Sivagangai district, and (v) Provision of sustainable environmental technology for domestic and textile water quality management: doing
- 5 Technology development in the area of food processing and enabling hygienic and safe food for rural folks
- 6 (i) Field demonstration and permanent installation of Ceramic Membrane based contactor for enchanced Arsenic and iron oxidation at a conventional Arsenic and iron Removal  plant, Ichtampur, North 24 PGS, West Bengal, (ii) Demonstration and handing over an 80,000 LPD capacity   ceramic membrane based   turbid and  saline rivver water   purification  system and coupling with a 30,000 LPD capacity Reverse   Osmosis unit, (iii) Demonstration of  high capacity membrane modules (8m3/hr) for arsenic and iron removal at Ramchandrapur village district Malda, Wesst Bengal, (iv) Technological intervention of terracotta sector in Bankura/ South 24 parganas district of West Bengal, (v) Water quality monitoring and assessment on river ganga near dimaond harbour sewage water treatment plant; (vi) Quality checking of drinking water in rural areas to detect the presence of endocrine disrupters
- 8 Providing solutions through sceince and technologies for problems of rural sector (Improving livelihood of People below the poverty line by Augmenting income and quality of lives in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu)
- 7 Development and deployment of improved agro-and processing technologies of economically important medicinal and aromatic crops for income enhancement and employment generation
- (0)   Ensuring sustainable livelihood for womenfolk in Mizoram, (ii) Rural Life Quality Improvement through Installation of Iron Removl Plants in Bankura District of West Bengal
10. Indigenous RO membrane technology deployment; modifications if any with maintenance and repairing of plants in rural development sector/ societal mission for producing safe drinking water
- 11\_ Rural development in the Western Himalayan region and Adjoining Plains through transfer of CSIR-IHBT technologies
12. programs for the control of Malaria, (ii) Establishment and propagation of Samadhan Kendra at Jakaram (Warangal) Telangana & Jagannadhapuram, Kommugudem (West   Godavari), economic conditions of tribal tasar farmers in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, (iv) Popularization of Pheromone   Application  Technology (PAT): An  Upcoming Versatile Agro Practice for Pest Management, (v) Erection and commissioning of Water treatment plants
14. R&D Activities focused at Rural Development uder CSIR 800 programme: () Development of energy efficient biomass Chullha and its wide disseminastion in rural areas, (i) Development of stove for efficient combustion of pine needle coke and its popularization in rural areas of Uttarakhand, (iii) Development of Baggasse drying unit for Gur making plants waste heat recovery technique, (iv) Development of improved Gur bhatti for energy efficiency and baggasse saving using
- 13\_ Development of aroma products/value addition of aromatic oils
15. Development; demonstration and dissemination of CSIR technologies under CSIR-800 to bring improvement in the socio-economic condition of rural people in the state of Odisha.
17. Fabrication and deployment of CSIR-NCL's oxygen enrichment units (OEU) and UF-membrane based water purification units for Indian rural/ tribal community
16. CSIR-NBRI iniviatives for rural development throgh green technologies   including bioinocculants promotion program for enhancing performance of crops the most potential salt and temperature tolerant strains of Trichoderma spp , Bacillus spp. And Psedumonas spp-, popularization of improved model Bareja for betelvine production, dehydrated floral and for women empowerment and skill   development programs   in horticulture (Gardeners   training, vertical gardening, nursery establishment and Bonsai making) using
- 18 (1) Indoor Air Pollution Control in Rural areas, (ii) Clean water and sanitation in rural areas, (iii) Scientific Management of plant and algal biomass in rural areas
20. Identification and exploration of groundwater resources in problematic terrains ad drought affected regions for meeting the drinking water needs of rural communities
19. Rural Entrepreneurship and skill development   through demonstration and   training of appropriate technologies of CSIR-NEIST
21. (i) Deployment of bio-extraction plants for production of fibers from pineapple leaf, banana and coconut husks , (ii) Natural fiber reinforced composites (iii)   Systems to treat food wastes and bio wastes at source, (iv) Bio wastes treatment system at higher scale producers (v) Bio-drying technology for MSW (municipal solid wastes) Treatment technology useful for small towns and communities, (vi) Emission control system for small slaughterhouse wastes rendering plants, and (vi) Development of Green Enterprises with income and employment generation capabilities for Iow income groups in the region of Kerala and the neighboring states:
- Construction technology for Precast concrete ferrocement toilet core unit: