Lok Sabha Question No. 1009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Funds Allocated for Research in Science
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: DALPAT SINGH PARASTE, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1009 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2/03/2016

## FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR RESEARCH IN SCIENCE

1009. SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

- (a) the total amount and percentage of the GDP that has been allotted and released for research in science in the last three years, including the names of the institutions;
- (b) whether  any  complaints  from  these  institutions  and  scientists  about  the  fund  being  inadequate  have  been received and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has directed the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to generate half of its funds and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government has any proposals for reduction of funds for all Government funded research institutes, particularly in the field of science and insist on self-financing, if so, the details thereof including the adverse effect likely on the health sector and Government service schemes like Swachchh Bharat, Make in India, Smart Cities, Namami Ganga, etc.?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(SHRI.Y. S. CHOWDARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

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- (a) Madam, as per the latest statistics on National Expenditure on Research and Development during the period 2009-10 to 2011-12, published in December, 2013, National Expenditure on R&D in relation to GDP are as follows :

| Year    |   Amount (Rupees in Crores) |   R&Das percentage of GDP |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2009-10 |                     53041.3 |                      0.87 |
| 2010-11 |                     62053.5 |                      0.87 |
| 2011-12 |                     72620.4 |                      0.88 |

The details of funds released to 69 research and development institutions functioning under the Ministry of Science and Technology during the last three years are given at Annexure.

- (b) No, Madam.
- (c) The Government has not issued any instruction to the institutes involved in scientific research, including Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, to mobilize financial  resources themselves. In the Directors' Conference of CSIR Laboratories held at Dehradun in June 2015, it was resolved to attempt for self-financing of laboratories as the ultimate dream.  This  has  been  a  long-time  ideal  for  the  institutions  under  the  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology.  In  fact, institutions  under  the  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology  which  specialize  in  basic  research  have  been  securing extramural competitive project funding from government and non-government sources. And, those institutions which have  applied  research  portfolio  and  which  carry  out  technology  development  activities  have  been  raising  resources through  technology  transfer,  patent  licensing,  contract  R&D  activities,  consultancy  and  high-end  knowledge-based services.
- (d) The Government has no proposal for reduction of funds for all Government funded research institutes.  The Government  fully  appreciates  the  importance  of  fundamental  basic  research  in  building  the  knowledge-base  and scientific manpower-base of the country, as well as its importance as the fountain-head of technologies. The Government encourages all institutions to maintain their international competitive edge in basic research and further improve upon it.  At  the  same  time,  the  Government  has  been  urging  and  encouraging  researchers  to  also  carry  out  applied  and translational work so that the country also becomes competitive in the commercial space of knowledge-intensive and technology-intensive products and services.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1009 FOR REPLY ON 02/03/2016

|      |                                                                                           | Amount in Lakhs               | Amount in Lakhs               | Amount in Lakhs               |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S.No | Name of the Institution                                                                   | Funds released during 2012-13 | Funds released during 2013-14 | Funds released during 2014-15 |
| (1)  | (2)                                                                                       | (3)                           | (4)                           | (5)                           |
| 1    | Agharkar Research Institute, Pune                                                         | 1450.00                       | 1206.90                       | 1384.88                       |
| 2    | Aryabhatta Research Institute for Observational Sciences, Nainital                        | 2260.00                       | 2300.00                       | 2573.67                       |
| 3    | Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow                                           | 2127.62                       | 2648.25                       | 2767.70                       |
| 4    | Bose Institute, Kolkata                                                                   | 5440.00                       | 5904.45                       | 5596.58                       |
| 5    | Centre for Soft Matter Research, Bangalore                                                | 564.02                        | 375.37                        | 511.67                        |
| 6    | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata                                | 5728.78                       | 5828.93                       | 6022.80                       |
| 7    | Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore                                               | 4804.07                       | 4858.15                       | 5072.98                       |
| 8    | Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai                                             | 2481.00                       | 2515.80                       | 2575.00                       |
| 9    | Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati                             | 1538.50                       | 1596.00                       | 1696.24                       |
| 10   | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad | 4901.00                       | 4778.44                       | 4364.07                       |
| 11   | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore                       | 4902.00                       | 5500.00                       | 5320.97                       |
| 12   | Raman Research Institute, Bangalore                                                       | 2936.07                       | 3299.75                       | 3216.93                       |
| 13   | S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata                                     | 2972.57                       | 2916.83                       | 2748.99                       |
| 14   | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvanathapuram      | 8733.00                       | 9106.98                       | 9068.38                       |
| 15   | Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun                                            | 2000.00                       | 3103.89                       | 2875.33                       |
| 16   | Institute of Nano Science &Technology, Mohali                                             | 0.00                          | 450.00                        | 644.80                        |
| 17   | National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi                                               | 5300.00                       | 4715.00                       | 4827.00                       |
| 18   | National Centre for Cell Science, Pune                                                    | 2870.00                       | 2600.00                       | 2936.00                       |
| 19   | Centre for DNA Finger Printing and Diagnostics, Hyderabad                                 | 4000.00                       | 3399.98                       | 4315.66                       |
| 20   | National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon                                                   | 5092.90                       | 50.00                         | 2200.00                       |
| 21   | National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi                                   | 2700.00                       | 2300.00                       | 2611.00                       |
| 22   | Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal                             | 1814.12                       | 2109.06                       | 1278.27                       |
| 23   | Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar                                                   | 2899.95                       | 2210.00                       | 3549.19277                    |
| 24   | Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, Faridabad                            | 3280.00                       | 3700.00                       | 2056.58                       |

|   (1) | (2)                                                                     |      (3) |     (4) |      (5) |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|----------|
|    25 | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram               |  2490    |  2350   |  3335    |
|    26 | National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, West Bengal         |  3595    |  4200   |  2590.42 |
|    27 | UNESCO Regional Centre for Education and Training, Faridabad            |  3505    |  4140   |  4100    |
|    28 | National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute & Bioprocessing Unit, Mohali |  2449.95 |  2010   |  2740    |
|    29 | Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore   |  3377    |  5500   |  5260    |
|    30 | National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad                   |  1500    |  1800   |  1950    |
|    31 | International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology            |  1300    |  1300   |  2100    |
|    32 | Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali                  |     0    |   700   |  1425    |
|    33 | Advanced Materials &Process Research Institute, Bhopal                  |  1833.9  |  1878.1 |  2025.8  |
|    34 | Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee                            |  4259.3  |  3943.7 |  4569.5  |
|    35 | Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow                                | 11735.8  | 13412.6 | 17978.9  |
|    36 | Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi                   |  6675.6  |  8318.4 |  9053.4  |
|    37 | Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani              |  5787.9  |  7594.9 |  7220    |
|    38 | Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore                   |  7479.4  |  9243.3 |  9264.6  |
|    39 | Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata                     |  8489.5  |  9504.2 |  8631.3  |
|    40 | Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow             |  5073.3  |  4701.9 |  6095.4  |
|    41 | Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad                    |  9334.7  |  5518.6 |  8391.7  |
|    42 | Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai                             |  6581.8  |  8110.8 |  8139    |
|    43 | Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur             |  7331.3  |  7863.4 |  8376.4  |
|    44 | Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi                              |  4503.6  |  4529   |  5060    |
|    45 | Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar           |  5223.1  |  5070.4 |  5916.4  |
|    46 | Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh                 |  5590.4  |  6896.8 |  8186.9  |
|    47 | Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad                      |  8593    | 10379.1 | 10157.9  |
|    48 | Central Scientific & Industrial Research, Madras Complex                |   954.6  |  1033.9 |  1197.7  |
|    49 | Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad                            |   113.2  |  1129.2 |  1178.1  |
|    50 | Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu                         |  6617.1  |  8290.7 |  7534.9  |
|    51 | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata                           |  7542.5  |  9604.8 |  8437.9  |
|    52 | Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad                      | 14468.7  | 16583.5 | 17352    |
|    53 | Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun                                 |  5877.7  |  6047.2 |  6638.8  |
|    54 | Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow                        |  4012.9  |  4227.8 |  4628.3  |

|   (1) | (2)                                                                                |     (3) |     (4) |     (5) |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
|    55 | Institute of Genomics &Integrative Biology, Delhi                                  |  8847.1 |  9054.7 |  6984.5 |
|    56 | Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur                            |  2893.1 |  3380.3 |  3936.6 |
|    57 | Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh                                      |  4618.6 |  5062.6 |  6279.2 |
|    58 | Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar                          |  5039.6 |  5528.8 |  4980.7 |
|    59 | National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore                                         | 20843.2 | 19122.4 | 20198.4 |
|    60 | National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow                                     |  5951.6 |  6742.2 |  7955.6 |
|    61 | National Chemical Laboratory, Pune                                                 | 15160.9 | 16083.5 | 16457.8 |
|    62 | National Environment Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur                        |  5243.3 |  3455.1 |  4775.1 |
|    63 | National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad                                 |  8530.8 |  8383.3 |  9162   |
|    64 | National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram |  5087.9 |  5727.5 |  5917.8 |
|    65 | National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula                                     | 14764.8 | 13188.2 | 10818   |
|    66 | National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur                                      |  6048   |  6099.3 |  5870.4 |
|    67 | National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi                                            | 13210.2 | 15541.7 | 11652.8 |
|    68 | North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat                               |  5569.2 |  6556.2 |  8103.1 |
|    69 | Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai                                    |  4663.7 |  5826.8 |  4754.5 |

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