(a) the details of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories and centres in the country, location-wise;
(b) the target set up for such laboratories and centres and the achievements made during the last three years and the current year;
(c) whether the Government proposes to set up more such laboratories in the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Kerala?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) The details of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratories, Units and Outreach centres in the country location - wise have been provided at Annexure - I.
(b) The targets for each of the CSIR laboratories were set through the plan projects it pursued. In nutshell the projects were focused at achieving desired impact through high science in the identified domain and developing the products and technologies envisioned. The list of projects pursued during the XI Five Year Plan is provided at Annexure - II. Laboratories–wise achievements have been provided at Annexure - III.
(c)&(d) CSIR is setting up Innovation Complexes at Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai. These complexes would focus on translational research.