MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY)
(a) Yes, Madam. Ministry of Culture, Government of India has plan to establish science centres and science cities in different parts of the country in phased manner during 12th & 13th Plan Period through National Council of Science Museums (NCSM). Mobile Science Exhibition units are integral part of the science centres/cities. The Department of Biotechnology has established Bio-technology Parks in some States and is planning to launch Bio-Technology Parks in other States of the country. BT Park projects are initiated by the State Government and are partially supported by the Department of Biotechnology. These Biotech Parks are aimed at promoting Biotech industries. School children would benefit by visit to these parks by observing the Biotechnology lab techniques and industrial production of various Biotech products etc.
(b) The following science centre/city projects will be taken up by NCSM during 12th & 13th Plan Period in phased manner:
Sl. No. Name of Regional Science Centres State/Union Territory Estimated presently being set up by NCSM Project Cost (Rs.in Crs) 01 Regional Science Centre, Dehradun Uttarakhand 8.50 02 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Puducherry Puducherry 4.50 03 Science City, Guwahati Assam 110.00 04 Regional Science Centre, Kottayam Kerala 14.50 05 Regional Science Centre, Mysore Karnataka 14.50 06 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Bargarh Odisha 5.00 07 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur Tripura 6.00 08 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Srinagar J & K 6.00 09 Sub-Regional Science Centre, RajahmundryAndhra Pradesh 5.00 10 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur Rajasthan 5.00 11 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 5.00 12 Regional Science Centre, Chandigarh UT, Chandigarh 14.50 13 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Kumaun Uttarakhand 6.00 14 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Palampur Himachal Pradesh 6.00 15 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Ambala Haryana 5.00 16 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Gaya Bihar 5.00 17 Regional Science Centre, Allahabad/ Uttar Pradesh 14.50 Kanpur 18 Sub-Regional Science Centre,Amritsar/ Punjab 5.00 Bhatinda 19 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Dadra- Dadra-Nagar Haveli, 5.00 Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu Daman & Diu 20 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Tumkur Karnataka 5.00
A proposal for establishment of a Science City in Hyderabad has been received prior to formation of Telangana. Viability of the project is under evaluation.
The State-wise details of Bio-tech Park are as follows:
S. No. Name of the Biotech Park Status Location Fund contribution by DBT 1. Lucknow BT Park Established Lucknow, Rs. 28.55 Cr Uttar Pradesh 2. TICEL Biotech Park Established Chennai, Rs. 10.93 Cr Tamil Nadu 3. Hyderabad BT Park Established Telangana Rs. 17.29 Cr 4. KINFRA Biotech Park On-going Kochi, Kerala Rs. 11 Cr 5. Guwahati Biotech Park On-going Guwahati, Assam Rs. 27.99 Cr 6. Bangalore Biotech Park On-going Bangalore, Rs 14.45 Cr Karnataka 7 Bio Pharma-IT Park On-going Andharua, Rs. 2.00 Cr Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Proposals have also been received for setting up of Biotech Parks in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, & Chattisgarh. These proposals have been examined in the meetings of Expert Committee on BT Parks.
(c) Yes Madam. The establishment of science centres/cities will immensely help in awareness on science and technology and development of scientific temper in the local community of the respective regions of the country.
(d) Non-formal science education, science communication, economic, social and personal impact on the users community of the facilities of the science centres/cities.
