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REPORT NO. 336 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SIXTHREPORT Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Three Hundred Twenty Eighth Report of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on the Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Presented to the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha on the 30th November, 2020) (Forwarded to the Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on the 30th November, 2020) (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 4th February, 2021) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 4th February, 2021) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi November, 2020/ Agrahayana, 1942 (Saka) Website : http://rajyasabha.nic.in Email: [email protected] Hindi version of this publication is also available PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SIXTH REPORT Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Three Hundred Twenty Eighth Report of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on the Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Presented to the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha on the 30th November, 2020) (Forwarded to the Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on the 30th November, 2020) (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 4th February, 2021) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 4th February, 2021) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi November, 2020/ Agrahayana, 1942 (Saka) CO N T E N T S PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ……………………………….. (i)-(ii) 2. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………….. (iii) 3. ACRONYMS …………………………………………………………….. (iv) 4. REPORT ………………………………………………………………….. 1-8 Chapter I. Recommendations/Observations which have been accepted by the Government……………………………….. 2-4 Chapter II. Recommendations/Observations which the Committee does not desire to pursue in view of the Government’s replies……………………………………………………….. 5 Chapter III. Recommendations/Observations in respect of which replies of the Government have not been accepted by the Committee…………………………………………… 6 Chapter IV. Recommendations/Observations in respect of which Final Replies of the Government are still awaited………….. 7 5. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS/ OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE - AT A GLANCE………………………………………….. 8 6. MINUTES …………………………………………………………………. 9-10 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (Constituted on 13th September, 2019) 1. Shri Jairam Ramesh -- Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Anil Baluni 3. Shri R.S. Bharathi 4. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 5. Shri Hishey Lachungpa 6. Shri Bhaskar Rao Nekkanti 7. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw 8. Shri Ravi Prakash Verma 9. Shri Binoy Viswam #10. Shri Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba LOK SABHA 11. Shri Guharam Ajgalley 12. Shri Pradan Baruah 13. Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer 14. Shri Jashvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor 15. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat 16. Shri Rameshbhai Lavjibhai Dhaduk 17. Shri Anantkumar Hegde 18. Shrimati Jyotsna Charandas Mahant 19. Dr. Swami Sakshiji Maharaj 20. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 21. Shri S.R. Parthiban 22. Dr. Ranjan Singh Rajkumar 23. Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy 24. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy 25. Shrimati Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) 26. Shri Mahesh Sahoo 27. Shri Francisco Cosme Sardinha 28. Shri Anurag Sharma 29. Shri Ram Shiromani 30. Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh 31. Dr. Ramapati Ram Tripathi _____________________ SECRETARIAT Smt. Sunita Sekaran, Joint Secretary Shri T. N. Pandey, Director Shri S. Rangarajan, Additional Director Shri Rajiv Saxena, Under Secretary Shri Harish Kumar, Committee Officer Shri Ankit Chansoria, Assistant Committee Officer ________________________________________________________________ #Nominated w.e.f. 22nd July, in lieu of Shri Parimal Nathwani who ceased to be a Member of the Committee on expiry of his term in Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9th April, 2020. (i) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (Constituted on 13th September, 2020) 1. Shri Jairam Ramesh - Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Anil Baluni 3. Shri R.S. Bharathi 4. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 5. Shri Hishey Lachungpa 6. Shri Parimal Nathwani 7. Shri Bhaskar Rao Nekkanti 8. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw 9. Shri Binoy Viswam @10. Vacant LOK SABHA 11. Shri Guharam Ajgalley 12. Shri Pradan Baruah 13. Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer 14. Shri Jashvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor 15. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat 16. Shri Anantkumar Hegde 17. Shri S. Jagathrakshakan 18. Shri Mohammed Azam Khan 19. Shrimati Jyotsna Charandas Mahant 20. Dr. Swami Sakshiji Maharaj 21. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 22. Dr. Ranjan Singh Rajkumar 23. Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy 24. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy 25. Shrimati Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) 26. Shri Mahesh Sahoo 27. Shri Francisco Sardinha 28. Shri Anurag Sharma 29. Shri Ram Shiromani 30. Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh 31. Dr. Ramapati Ram Tripathi _______________________ SECRETARIAT Smt. Sunita Sekaran, Joint Secretary Shri T.N. Pandey, Director Shri S. Rangarajan, Additional Director Shri Rajiv Saxena, Under Secretary Shri Harish Kumar, Committee Officer Shri Ankit Chansoria, Assistant Committee Officer _________________________________________________________________________ @ Shri Ravi Prakash Verma ceased to be a member of the Committee on expiry of his term in Rajya Sabha on 25th November, 2020 (ii) INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, having been authorised by the Committee to present the Report on its behalf, present this Three Hundred Thirty Sixth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the Three Hundred Twenty Ninth Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2020-2021) of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, which was presented/laid in both the Houses of Parliament on 6th March,2020. 2. There were 10 recommendations/observations in the Three Hundred Twenty Sixth Report of the Committee. Action Taken Notes on the recommendations/observations of the Committee were received from the Department on 31st August, 2020. 3. In the meeting held on 10th September, 2020, the Committee considered the draft Report and adopted the same. (JAIRAM RAMESH) NEW DELHI; Chairman, 10th September, 2020 Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Bhadrapada 19, 1942 (Saka) Science and Technol ogy, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Rajya Sabha. (iii) ACRONYMS ATR Action Taken Report BE Budget Estimate CEL Central Electronics Limited CLRI Central Leather Research Institute CMD Chairman and Managing Director CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR-NAL CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited IT Information Technology NRDC National Research Development Corporation PSU Public Sector Undertaking R&D Research and Development RE Revised Estimate S&T Science and Technology UN United Nations (iv) REPORT The Action Taken Report (ATR) of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in Three Hundred Twenty Eighth Report of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The Report was presented to Rajya Sabha and laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on the 6th March, 2020. 2. Action Taken Note (ATN) has been received from Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in respect of ten recommendations/observations contained in the Three Hundred Twenty Eighth Report. This has been categorized as follows:- Chapter I: Recommendations/Observations which have been accepted by the Government: Para:- 2.8, 3.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.10, 5.4, 6.3, 7.3 and 9.1. (TOTAL – 9) Chapter II: Recommendations/Observations which the Committee does not desire to pursue in view of the Government’s replies: Para:- (TOTAL – Nil) The Committee is convinced with the explanation furnished by the Department and, therefore, does not want to pursue above-mentioned recommendations further. Chapter III: Recommendations/Observations in respect of which replies of the Government have not been accepted by the Committee: Para:- 8.3 (TOTAL-1) Chapter IV: Recommendations/Observations in respect of which final replies of the Government are still awaited: Para:- (TOTAL- Nil) 3. The Committee desires that the Ministry should furnish pointed and detailed Action Taken Notes in respect of the further Recommendations/Observations made by the Committee in Chapter III of the Report. 4. The details of the ATR have been discussed in the respective Chapters in the succeeding pages. 1 CHAPTER-I RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUDGETARY DETAILS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2019-20 AND ALLOCATION FOR 2020-21 Recommendation/Observation 1.1 The Committee is of the considered view that both the obligatory expenditure such as fellowships to researchers and salary to the staff of the Department, and the essential expenditure i.e. Rs.230 crore, have to be met at any cost. Therefore, the Committee finds merit in the demand of additional amount of Rs.440 crore to meet stipulated expenses of the Department. The Committee hereby recommends that the Department must take up this matter with the Ministry of Finance for allocation