(a) the total amount spent by the Government on the setting up of National Institute
to Sugarcane and Sugar Technology, Mau, Uttar Pradesh;
(b) whether there is any proposal to close-down the institute;
(c) if so, the reasons therefor and the fate of the employees already employed in the
institute; and
(d) if not, the likely date by which the Institute is likely to start functioning?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SRIRAM CHAUHAN )
(a) An estimated amount of Rs.15.87 crores has been spent by the Government on National
Institute of Sugarcane & Sugar Technology, Mau, from 1993-94 till 2000-01.
(b) & (c) : The Central Monitoring Group of the Ministry of Finance, in its meeting held
on 27th January, 2000 has recommended that as NISST has not yet fully developed as an
Institution, it may be wound up and the assets be transferred to any Central/State Agency
looking for accommodation in that area. The Group has also recommended that the activities
proposed to be taken up at NISST may be entrusted to National Sugar Institute, Kanpur.
In view of this recommendation, the Government is considering the feasibility of
transferring the assets of NISST to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) an
Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture. A final decision from ICAR is still awaited.
As regards the employees already in position, the matter will be taken up with the
ICAR after its comes out with a decision on taking over the assets of NISST.
(d) In view of the circumstances brought out in (b) and (c) above, no fixed date, can at
present be intimated.