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Parliament of India Rajya Sabha REPORT NO. 310 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS THREE HUNDRED TENTH REPORT DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2018-2019) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (DEMAND NO. 84) th (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 13 March, 2018) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 13th March, 2018) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi March, 2018/ Phalguna, 1939 (Saka) Web site: http://rajyasabha.nic.in E-Mail : [email protected] Hindi version of this publication is also available PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS THREE HUNDRED TENTH REPORT DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2018-2019) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (DEMAND NO. 84) (Presented to Rajya Sabha on 13th March, 2018) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 13th March, 2018) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi March, 2018/ Phalguna, 1939 (Saka) C O N T E N T S PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (i) 2. INTRODUCTION (ii) *3. ACRONYMS 4. REPORT *5. RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS-AT A GLANCE *6. MINUTES ___________________________________________ * To be appended at printing stage COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2017-18) (Constituted on 1st September, 2017) ---------- 1. Shri Anand Sharma –– Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Prasanna Acharya 3. Shri S.R. Balasubramoniyan 4. Shrimati Renuka Chowdhury 5. Shri Rajkumar Dhoot 6. Shri C.P. Narayanan 7. Shri Parimal Nathwani 8. Shri Sharad Pawar 9. Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 10. Shri Bhupender Yadav LOK SABHA 11. Maulana Badruddin Ajmal 12. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig 13. Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer 14. Shri Pankaj Chaudhary 15. Shri P.P. Chauhan 16. Kumari Sushmita Dev 17. Shri Ninong Ering 18. Shri Laxman Giluwa 19. Dr. K. Gopal 20. Shrimati Vasanthi M. 21. Shri Daddan Mishra 22. Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava 23. Shri Chirag Paswan 24. Shri Shivaji A. Patil 25. Shri Harinarayan Rajbhar 26. Shrimati Sandhya Roy 27. Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh 28. Shri Nagendra Singh 29. Shri Vikram Usendi 130. Vacant 231. Vacant __________________ SECRETARIAT Smt. Sunita Sekaran, Director Shri T.N. Pandey, Director Shri S. Rangarajan, Additional Director Shri Mohd. Salamuddin, Additional Director Shri Rajiv Saxena, Under Secretary 1 Shri Nagendra Kumar Pradhan ceased to be a member of the Committee w.e.f. 12th December, 2017 2 Shri Nana Patole ceased to be a member of the Committee consequent upon his resignation from the Lok Sabha w.e.f. 14th December, 2017. INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, having been authorised by the Committee to present the Report on its behalf, present this Three Hundred Tenth report of the Committee. This Report deals with the detailed Demands for Grants (2018-2019) of the Department of Science & Technology (Demand No. 84). 2. In the meeting of the Committee held on the 12th February, 2018, the Secretary and other officers of the Department of Science & Technology gave an overview of the various activities of the Department and the Members sought clarifications on various aspects of the performance of the Department to enable it to scrutinise the Demands for Grants. 3. The Committee expresses its thanks to the officers of the Department for replying to the clarifications sought by the Members and placing before it the required material to enable the Committee to scrutinise the Demands for Grants of the Department of Science & Technology. 4. The Committee considered and adopted the Report in its meeting held on the 6th March, 2018. NEW DELHI; (ANAND SHARMA) March 6, 2018 Chairman, 15 Phalguna, 1939 Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, Rajya Sabha. REPORT INTRODUCTION The Department of Science and Technology (DST) functions as the nodal agency to connect science and technology sector to Government verticals. DST provides the largest extramural research and development support in the country to strengthen national S&T capacity and capability through a competitive mode to scientists cutting across institutions and disciplines. This strategically important function mutually reinforces outcomes of our country’s educational, scientific and industrial R&D initiatives and helps transform the S&T landscape of the country. 2. The following constitute the mandate of DST:- • Formulation of policy statements and guidelines on Science and Technology (S&T); • Promotion of new areas of scientific research; • Co-ordination of inter-Departmental S&T efforts; • Support basic and applied research in universities and other institutions; • International S&T Co-operation; • Support high quality research in autonomous bodies where specialization ranges from advanced medical research materials to astronomy; • Catalysing S&T interaction in societal programmes, and entrepreneurship development; • Science popularisation, communication and S&T Management Information System; • Promotion of Commercialisation of indigenous technology; • Support to technology development programmes, technology information and assessment; and • Providing services in the areas of: (i) Surveying & Mapping; (ii) Technology Development and Application 3. OBJECTIVES Main objectives of the Department of Science & Technology are as follows: a. Formulation of Policies relating to Science & Technology; b. Strengthening basic research and Expanding R&D base-Human capacity; c. Strengthening Basic research and Expanding R&D base-Institutional Capacity; d. Implementing Technology Development Programmes: from R&D to Commercialization; e. Societal interventions of Science & Technology; and f. International Science & Technology Co-operation 4. ORGANISATION 4.1 The Department of Science & Technology is the nodal Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Broadly, the organisational set up of the Department has been divided into Autonomous Institutes, Scientific Groups, Technology Development Board and Scientific Services besides the Administration and Integrated Finance divisions. There are 19 Autonomous Institutions and 5 Science/Engineering Professional bodies which are working in diverse areas for the promotion of Science and Technology. In addition, one new autonomous body viz. National Centre for Molecular Material Research, Thiruvanathapuram has been recently set up and National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad which was earlier a ‘Corpus Funded’ Financial Institute has been taken over by the Department as fully funded autonomous Research Institute. The Scientific Groups inter-alia consists of the Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC), National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), National Resources Data Management System (NRDMS), International Division, National Entrepreneurship Board (NEB), National Science and Technology Management Information System (NSTMIS). The Scientific Services have two subordinate offices, namely, National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) and Survey of India (SoI) under their administrative control. 4.2 The Department has informed that during the financial year 2017-18 a major exercise to review all ongoing schemes/programmes was undertaken. Starting from current financial year, all the schemes of the Department have been grouped into 3 broad heads viz. (i) Science and Technology Institutional and Human Capacity Building; (ii) Research and Development; and (iii) Innovation, Technology Development and Deployment. Reorganisation of schemes into 3 budget heads would facilitate greater flexibility to apportion funds depending on the priority of the programme within a particular broad scheme. Statutory Bodies viz. Science and Engineering Research Board and Technology Development Board and Autonomous Institutes and subordinate offices viz. Survey of India and National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation have been classified as non-schemes. 4.3 The detailed Demands for Grants (Demand No.84) of the Department of Science & Technology for the year 2018-2019 was considered by the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests in its meeting held on the 12th February, 2018. 5. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. 5.1 A comparison of the B.E., R.E allocation and Actual expenditure incurred by the Department for the last three years is given below: (Rs. in cr.) Year Budget Revised Actual % Utilization Estimate Estimate Expenditure against RE allocation 2015-16 3901.82 3854.80 3671.46 (95.24%) 2016-17 4496.32 4493.83 4325.59 (96.25%) 2017-18 4837.37 4746.81 3655.71 (77.01%) (as on 31.01.2018) 5.2 After examination of B.E. and R.E. allocations vis-à-vis Actual Expenditure for last three financial years i.e. 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (up to 31st January, 2018) of the Department of Science & Technology, it is observed that the Department had utilised around 95 percent of the allocated funds in the years 2015-16 and 2016-17. The utilisation of funds in 2015-16 was 95.24% which improved to 96.25% in 2016-17. 5.3 The Committee observes that on the whole financial performance of the Department has been satisfactory. The Committee finds that the Department has been able to utilise 95% of allocated RE funds, in the years 2015-16 and 2016-17. However, when we compare performance of DST with other two Departments of Ministry of Science & Technology, we find that there is still ample scope for improvement. The Committee, therefore, recommends the Department
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