ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS,
(RAO INDERTJIT SINGH)
(a): At present, 32 centres of Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) are functioning across the country. The State-wise / UT-wise details of these centres including West Bengal are given below:
1. Vijayawada - Andhra Pradesh
2. Guwahati - Assam
3. Plastic Waste Management Centre (PWMC), Guwahati – Assam
4. Hajipur – Bihar
5. Raipur – Chhattisgarh
6. Ahmedabad – Gujarat
7. Valsad – Gujarat
8. Murthal – Haryana
9. Baddi - Himachal Pradesh
10. Ranchi – Jharkhand
11. Bengaluru Karnataka
12. Mysuru – Karnataka
13. Kochi – Kerala
14. Bhopal - Madhya Pradesh
15. Gwalior - Madhya Pradesh
16. Aurangabad – Maharashtra
17. Chandrapur – Maharashtra
18. Imphal – Manipur
19. Bhubaneswar (Campus - I) – Odisha
20. Bhubaneswar (Campus - II) – Odisha 21. Laboratory For Advanced Research In Polymeric Materials (LARPM) Bhubaneswar – Odisha
22. Balasore - Odisha
23. Amritsar – Punjab
24. Jaipur – Rajasthan
25. Chennai - Tamil Nadu
26. Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS) Chennai - Tamil Nadu
27. Madurai - Tamil Nadu
28. Hyderabad – Telangana
29. Agartala – Tripura
30. Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh
31. Dehradun – Uttrakhand
32. Haldia - West Bengal
(b): Yes, Madam. Government of India has approved 16 new centres across the country in 2015 and 2016 including an “Advanced Polymer Design and Development Research Laboratory” (APDDRL), a Research and Development (R&D) centre of CIPET at Bengaluru.
(c): Out of 16 new approved centres, CIPET Centres at Agartala, Baddi, Bengaluru, Chandrapur, Dehradun, Gwalior, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Raipur and Valsad have started functioning. Activities have been initiated for CIPET Centres at Jaipur, Varanasi, Srinagar, Medak, Mumbai and in Bihar. The main objective of establishment of new CIPET Centres is to provide skill development training through long-term and short-term courses, to provide
technology support services in form of tool room, processing, testing, quality control and inspection services for plastics and allied industries. The objective of the Advanced Polymer Design & Development Research Laboratory (APDDRL) at Bengaluru is to carry out research and development activities in the areas of Polymer Testing & Evaluation, Product Evaluation & Commercialization and Product Design Development along with imparting education to Post Graduate and Doctoral students.
(d): The state-wise details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized for new centres are annexed.
(e): Timely completion of establishment of CIPET centres primarily depends on the response of the State Government and availability of adequate funds. The difficulties relating to allotment of suitable land / building and release of state’s share of funds has been taken up by this Department with respective State Governments and the issue regarding availability of adequate funds in respect of central share has been taken up with the Ministry of Finance.
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Annexure
Details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised for new centres
(Rs. crore)
S.No
Scheme/Years
GoI Share
approved
Funds received and utilised
Funds received
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19 (upto June 2018)
1
Advanced Polymer Design & Development Research Laboratory (APDDRL), Bengaluru
43.50
-
-
10.19
8.00
2
Agartala (Tripura)
20.05
-
-
7.08
-
3
Baddi (Himachal Pradesh)
20.05
6.17
7.00
1.04
3.00
4
Bihar
20.05
-
-
-
-
5
Chandrapur (Maharashtra)
25.66
-
-
5.10
7.00
6
Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
25.66
-
-
1.25
-
7
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
20.05
6.17
-
1.04
1.00
8
Jaipur (Rajasthan)
25.66
-
-
-
-
9
Jammu / Kashmir
25.66
-
-
-
-
10
Medak (Telangana)
29.16
-
-
-
-
11
Mumbai (Maharashtra)
20.05
-
-
-
-
12
Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
25.00
-
14.77
1.22
1.00
13
Ranchi (Jharkhand)
25.66
-
-
3.95
7.00
14
Vijayawada(Andhra Pradesh)
20.05
6.17
7.00
1.04
2.00
15
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
20.05
-
-
-
-
366.31
18.51
28.77
31.91
29.00
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