(a) the details of science and technology projects pending completion in the last four years;
(b) the amount allocated, disbursed and utilized for these projects, projectwise; and
(c) the total amount left unutilized in the last three years and the amount returned unspent?
MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES AND MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)
(a) & (b): The Ministry of Science and Technology awards a large number of science and technology projects to academic institutions, national laboratories and other institutions through its constituent departments across a large number of programmes and schemes instituted for the purpose of promotion of scientific research and development in the country. All these projects are regularly monitored and brought to technical and administrative closure after their completion. There could be a miniscule percentage of projects which were not completed on time due to procedural delays and also due to geographical locations of the implementing institutions / universities. In technology demonstration projects especially for agro based projects, seasonal requirements need to be met for validating and testing the technologies.
(c) A total of Rs. 614.94 crore out of RE allocation of Rs. 31,626.33 crore had been left unutilized and returned to Consolidated Fund of India by the Ministry in the last three years (2015-18).
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