(a) whether the Union Government has taken any steps for the appropriate development of science and technology in various States of the country including Kerala;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated for the said work by the Union Government during the last three years and the current year, year and State-wise; and

(c) the details of organisations related to science and technology functioning in the country, State-wise including Kerala?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER`S OFFICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS;(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) Yes Madam, though the Ministry of Science and Technology does not make state-wise budget allocation, several steps have been taken by the Ministry for appropriate development of science and technology in all the states/UTs including the state of Kerala. This include support to the research and development labs and institutions, support to scientists and researchers for investigator centric research proposals, strengthening Science & Technology (S&T) Infrastructure in Universities and Institutions of Higher Learning through Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and other Higher Educational Institutions (FIST), promoting S&T entrepreneurship and innovation, technology development and demonstration, empowering women and weaker sections of the society through science. To attract the young students to make career in science, a programme on Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) was mounted by the Ministry of Science and Technology. More than one million children have already benefited in the country. Under this programme 9909 children from Kerala got INSPIRE awards during the last three years.

(b) The table below gives details of funds provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology for the above work in the last three years and the current year :

 
   Rs. In Crores  Organization 		2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15  	Total  						interim   						budget (1)			(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)  Ministry of Scienece &  	4342.55	4470.34	4716.86	3267.71	16797.46  Technology (including	(213.40)	(187.14)	(200.54)	(85.70)	(686.78)  DST,DBT and DSIR) 
 

Figures in bracket show the funds invested in the State of Kerala

(c) As per the latest available official statistics, there are 4288 organizations related to science & technology that are functioning in the country for carrying out the research and development work. Out of these , 141 organizations are in Kerala . The State wise details are as under:

 
  State/UT	Total 	State /UT 	Total	State /UT 	Total   Andaman & Nicobar	5	Jammu & Kashmir	39	Punjab	74  Andhra Pradesh	393	Jharkhand	31	Rajasthan	114  Arunachal Pradesh	7	Karnataka	404	Sikkim	4  Assam	51	Kerala	141	Tamil Nadu	436  Bihar	51	Lakshadweep	0	Tripura	5  Chandigarh	26	Madhya Pradesh	102	Uttar Pradesh 	223  Chattisgarh	13	Maharashtra	846	Uttarakhand	75  Dadraa Nagar Havelli	2	Manipur 	5	West Bengal	243  Delhi	297	Meghalaya 	11	 Total                   4288  Goa	20	Mizoram 	2  Gujarat	375	Nagaland	4  Haryana	147	Orissa	66  Himachal Pradesh	60	Puducherry	16 
 

Source : Directory of R&D Instituion’2010 published by National Science & Technology Management Information System Division of DST.

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