(a) the number of central research institutes in the country, State/UT-wise;
(b) the details of fund sanctioned, allocated and utilized during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and institution-wise;
(c) whether the Government has fixed any target for the said institutes regarding the development of modern medicines and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve the performance of the said institutes?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
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(a) & (b) There are 73 Central Research Institutes under the administrative control of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) spread over different parts of the country. The details of fund sanctioned, allocated and utilized during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and Institute/Laboratory/Organization-wise are given in Annexure-I.
(c) Government has not fixed any target for the said Institutes for the development of modern medicine. However, CSIR through its constituent laboratories namely, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow and CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Chandigarh is engaged in the R&D work related to development of modern medicines. CSIR-CDRI is engaged in fundamental research driven discovery and development of modern medicines, including synthetic compounds, Phyto-pharmaceuticals, AYUSH & Peptides and repurposing of drugs.
Department of Biotechnology is implementing a flagship program through its Autonomous Institutions which is aligned with the National Priorities and Sustainable Development Goals. Several of its Autonomous institutions are working on development of modern medicines viz. including cell therapy platform, development of small molecular antiviral agents, stem cell technology, genomics and targeting drug resistance of tuberculosis and malaria.
(d) The Institutes/Laboratories/Organizations of the Ministry have state-of-art research facilities and these facilities are periodically upgraded depending on the requirement through various Expert Committees after evaluating the performance. Also, in compliance of provisions of GFR 2017, each autonomous institution of DST and DBT signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government every year giving their target and achievements. The performance evaluation, which is a part of the MoU, is regularly carried out every financial year by the Governing Body of the respective Institute.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1892 FOR REPLY ON 30.07.2021
(Amount in Crore)
Allocation/Expenditure
S. No. Name of the Institute/Laboratory/Organization 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 **
Part ‘A’: Department of Science and Technology (DST)
ASSAM
1 The Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati 32.90 35.85 30.80 6.75
KARNATAKA
2 Centre for Nano Soft Matter and Sciences, Jalahalli, Bangalore 10.55 13.58 13.74 3.50
3 Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 69.75 69.19 109.35 16.70
4 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 84.84 109.28 102.67 24.50
5 Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 48.82 51.88 61.28 13.60
Total 213.96 243.93 287.04 58.30
KERALA
6 Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 196.75 186.15 310.00 57.50
MAHARASTRA
7 Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 19.74 21.09 29.50 6.55
8 Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai 44.04 49.34 46.21 13.50
Total 63.78 70.43 75.71 20.05
PUNJAB
9 Institute of Nano Science and Technology ??????(INST), Mohali 67.19 17.09 61.89 7.50
TELANGANA
10 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad 53.21 52.01 61.16 18.95
UTTARAKHAND
11 Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences (ARIES), Nainital 20.80 24.31 36.35 7.70
12 Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun 23.91 37.10 40.89 12.45
Total 44.71 61.41 77.24 20.15
UTTAR PARDESH
13 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 41.29 46.04 53.09 16.90
WEST BENGAL
14 Bose Institute, Kolkata 99.79 117.48 97.42 24.00
15 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 118.37 116.85 127.63 32.50
16 S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 34.91 34.39 44.69 10.50
Total 253.07 268.72 269.74 67.00
Part ‘B’ : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
DELHI
17 National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 73.50 82.44 71.55 17.00
18 National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi 38.00 48.24 31.50 14.50
19 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. 38.60 42.00 33.50 8.00
Total 150.10 172.68 136.55 39.50
HARYANA
20 National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon 45.00 29.13 28.45 0.00*
21 Translational Health Science &Technology, Faridabad 41.94 54.50 35.50 0.00*
22 Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad 33.92 41.20 33.00 8.75
Total 120.86 124.83 96.95 8.75
KARNATAKA
23 Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru 82.07 67.20 38.72 0.00*
KERALA
24 Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram 85.24 97.72 91.42 30.00
MAHARASHTRA
25 National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 61.50 63.00 47.10 12.25
MANIPUR
26 Institute of Bioresources & Sustainable Development, Imphal 27.44 27.68 12.76 5.50
ODISHA
27 Institute of Life Sciences, Bhuvaneswar 53.63 58.02 39.50 9.64
PUNJAB
28 National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali 31.48 30.15 15.75 5.50
29 Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali 12.52 13.17 12.00 0.00*
Total 44.00 43.32 27.75 5.50
TELANGANA
30 Centre for DNA Finger Printing & Diagnostics, Hyderabad 43.00 49.00 43.50 7.25
31 National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad 53.50 28.08 23.00 7.88
Total 96.50 77.08 66.50 15.13
WEST BENGAL
32 National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani 26.58 30.00 19.75 6.50
Part ‘C’ : Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
ANDHRA PRADESH
33 Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 127.31 142.54 128.40 30.45
34 Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 223.45 234.61 189.10 55.35
35 National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad 127.55 138.74 123.70 36.96
Total 478.31 515.88 441.20 122.76
ASSAM
36 North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat 93.01 108.54 87.18 21.27
JHARKHAND
37 Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad 155.37 171.28 155.31 37.56
38 National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur 106.89 112.69 105.01 27.82
Total 262.26 283.97 260.31 65.38
GUJRAT
39 Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar 63.22 80.78 70.53 13.92
HIMACHAL PRADESH
40 Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur 65.43 92.61 57.78 13.52
JAMMU & KASHMIR
41 Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu 119.25 103.81 78.43 18.46
KARNATAKA
42 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 116.94 119.75 120.07 30.78
43 National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore 286.01 308.87 324.12 75.53
44 Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore 15.07 19.29 14.67 4.86
Total 418.01 447.91 458.85 111.16
KERALA
45 National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Tech (Thiruvananthapuram) 59.98 88.96 63.09 16.50
MADHYA PRADESH
46 Advanced Materials & Process Research Institute, Bhopal 51.70 40.74 38.85 8.33
MAHARASTRA
47 National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 215.67 208.48 167.91 40.55
48 National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur 95.16 104.27 94.52 22.22
Total 310.82 312.75 262.42 62.77
ORISSA
49 Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology , Bhubaneswar 84.91 91.42 84.14 17.79
RAJASTHAN
50 Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani 114.93 87.20 80.51 22.20
TAMILNADU
51 Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 109.00 122.33 125.07 27.25
52 Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai 112.22 111.02 107.71 34.99
53 CSIR Madras Complex 20.55 18.75 19.74 7.07
54 Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai 68.20 81.91 64.05 20.95
Total 309.97 334.00 316.56 90.26
UTTAR PRADESH
55 Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 154.55 164.83 157.56 36.33
56 Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow 79.03 88.06 70.65 20.13
57 Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow 64.05 62.12 59.30 18.66
58 National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 93.00 85.88 73.25 18.53
59 Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad 10.92 16.12 9.57 2.18
Total 401.55 417.01 370.32 95.83
UTTRAKHAND
60 Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee 76.02 82.93 64.41 17.05
61 Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 101.17 102.36 84.57 20.05
Total 177.19 185.29 148.98 37.10
WEST BENGAL
62 Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata 122.44 115.03 105.60 22.21
63 Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur 114.73 116.40 93.38 20.27
64 Indian Institute of Chemical Biology,Kolkata 88.20 79.24 72.15 21.48
Total 325.37 310.67 271.12 63.96
GOA
65 National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 160.67 161.11 115.28 33.31
DELHI
66 Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi 71.91 73.11 69.28 19.39
67 Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi 60.64 70.89 51.51 13.75
68 National Institute of Science Commun. and Information Resources, New Delhi 65.62 77.80 48.85 15.24
69 National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi 20.06 19.57 21.14 7.11
70 National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi 144.09 150.36 153.47 41.63
71 CSIR Head Quarters, New Delhi # 493.45 657.06 563.12 172.76
Total 855.77 1048.78 907.37 269.88
CHANDIGARH
72 Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh 106.77 108.38 95.75 25.41
73 Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 63.30 61.30 42.36 10.81
Total 170.07 169.69 138.11 36.22
* The grants in aid is yet to be released during the Current Financial Year. The Institutions are utilizing the unspent balance carried forwarded from the previous financial year.
** Provisional grants released as on 30.06.2021 (DST and CSIR) and as on 10.07.2021(DBT)
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