GOVERNMENT OF AGRICULTURE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:188 ANSWERED ON:19.11.2001 AWARD TO AGRICULTURE SCIENTISTS JAGDAMBI PRASAD YADAV

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE be pleased to state:

(a) whether on July 16, 2001 scientists have been awarded for outstanding contribution in Agriculture;

(b) if so, the details thereof, institution-wise and award-wise;

(c) whether these awards can be called lucrative as the value of money has depreciated;

(d) the amount of different awards given separately;

(e) whether these awards are equivalent to the awards given to scientists of other countries; and

(f) whether the Government propose to give attractive and lucrative awards in future? Answer

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) Details are provided in Annexure-I.

(c) The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has substantially enhanced the prize money of most of the existing awards since 1999 to make them more lucrative. New awards like Chaudhary Award for excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and Development and Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) Award have been instituted recently. The details of existing prize money for various ICAR Awards have been provided in Annexure-II.

(d) Details of awards/amount are given in Annexure-II.

(e) These awards are equivalent to awards in any other country in their importance and in terms of recognition of contributions of scientists/Institutions.

(f) Yes, Sir.

ANNEXURE I

NAME OF THE AWARD AMOUNT

1. SARDAR PATEL OUTSTANDING INSTITUTION AWARD, 2000

1. University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad Rs.1,00,000/-

2. Central Institute Of Fisheries Technology Cochin Rs.1,00,000/-

3. Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan Almora Rs.1,00,000/-

TOTAL Rs.3,00,000/-

2. AWARD, 2000 1. Dr Rajeev Shrivastava ( J.N. K.V.Vidyalaya , Jabalpur) Rs. 20,000/-

2. Dr Girish Kumar K (JK Agri-Genetics, Secundrabad) Rs. 20,000/-

3. Dr(Ms) Ambika Baldev (NBPGR, New ) Rs. 20,000/-

4. Dr. Prabhuraj. A (College of Agri., Raichur) Rs. 20,000/-

5. Dr. (Miss) Sharmistha Barthakur (IARI, New Delhi) Rs. 20,000/- 6. Dr. (Mrs) Uma Bagavathi Ammal (JLN College of Agri. & Res.Instt.Pondicherry) Rs. 20,000/-

7 Dr. V.K. Bhosekar (College of Agri., Hyderabad) Rs. 20,000/-

8. Dr.(Mrs) Archana Mukherjee (Regional Centre of CTCRI, Bhubaneswar) Rs. 20,000/-

9. Dr. Gandra V S Saiprasad (IIHR, Bangalore) Rs. 20,000/- 10. Dr R. Rajendra Kumar (College of Agri., Thrissur) Rs. 20,000/- 11. Dr Ashutosh Upadhyaya (DWMR, Walmi Campus, ) Rs. 20,000/- 12. Dr Rajender Kumar (NRCC, Bikaner) Rs. 20,000/- 13. Dr Minakshi (HAU,Hisar) Rs. 20,000/- 14. Dr U.K. Mukhopadhyay (NDRI, Karnal) Rs. 20,000/- 15. Dr Leela Edwin (CIFT, Kochi) Rs. 20,000/- 16. Dr Bhuvaneswari G. (UAS, Dharwad) Rs. 20,000/- 17. Dr K.N. Ramanna (UAS, Bangalore) Rs. 10,000/- 18. Dr M.A. Shanmugham (SIMA, Cotton Development & Res. Asson.,Coimbatore) Rs. 10,000/-

TOTAL Rs. 3,40,000/-

3. YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD, 1999-2000

1. Dr Supriya Chakraborty (IIVR, Varanasi) Rs. 12,500/-

2. Dr Suman Gupta (IARI, New Delhi) Rs. 12,500/-

3. Dr S.K. Nag (IGFRI, Jhansi) Rs. 12,500/-

4. Dr D. Damodar Reddy (IIIS, Bhopal) Rs. 12,500/-

5. Dr Debasis Pattanayak (CPRI, Shimla) Rs. 12,500/- 6. Dr Ashutosh Upadhyaya (DWMR, Walmi, Patna) Rs. 12,500/-

7 Dr Shrikrishna Isloor (PD-ADMAS, Bangalore) Rs. 12,500/-

8. Dr U.K. Mukhopadhyay (NDRI, Karnal) Rs. 12,500/-

9. Dr B.K. Das (CIFA, Bhubaneswar) Rs. 12,500/- 10. Dr Seema Jaggi (IASRI, New Delhi) Rs. 12,500/-

TOTAL Rs.1,25,000/-

4. SWAMI EXTENSION SCIENTIST/ WORKER AWARD, 2000

1. Dr J.C. Markanaday (KVK, NDRI, Karnal) Rs. 25,000/- 2. Dr U.S. Gautam (DWMR, Walmi, Patna) Rs. 25,000/-

3. Dr(Mrs) Manju Dutta Das (AAU, Jorhat) Rs. 25,000/-

TOTAL: Rs. 75,000/-

5. RAFI AHMED KIDWAI AWARD, 1999-2000

1. Dr G.S. Nanda (PAU, Ludhiana) Rs.3,00,000/-

2. Dr R. Sai Kumar (ARS, Hyderabad) Rs.3,00,000/-

3. Dr Balraj S. Parmar (IARI, New Delhi) Rs.1,50,000/-

4. Dr S.K. Gupta (CSSRI, Karnal) Rs.1,50,000/-

5. Dr S.R. Singh (DWMR, Walmi, Patna) Rs.3,00,000/- 6. Dr G.S. Shekhawat (CPRI, Shimla) Rs.3,00,000/-

7 Dr P.P. Gupta (PAU, Ludhiana) Rs.3,00,000/-

8. Dr Jag Mohan (CARI, Izatnagar) Rs.3,00,000/-

9. Dr K.J. Rao (CIFA, Bhubaneswar) Rs.3,00,000/-

TOTAL Rs.24,00,000/-

6. KISAN PURUSKAR, 2000

1. Shri Randhir Singh Sheokand Village, Jajanpur, Distt. Kaithal,Haryana Rs.1,00,000/-

TOTAL Rs.1,00,000/-

7. HARI OM ASHRAM TRUST AWARD, 1999-2000

1. Dr B.N. Narkhede Rs. 20,000/- Dr C.B. Salunkhe Rs. 10,000/- Sh M.S. Shinde Rs. 10,000/- (MPKV, Rahuri)

2. Dr Puran Swarup Sirohi (IARI, New Delhi) Rs. 40,000/-

3. Dr Geeta Mahale Rs. 20,000/- Dr Sunanda Kalkannavar Rs. 10,000/- Dr Sakshi Rs. 10,000/- (UAS, Dharwad)

4. Dr P.K. Vij Rs. 20,000/- Sh Avnish Kumar Rs. 10,000/- Dr A.E. Nivsarkar Rs. 10,000/- (NBAGR, KarnaL) TOTAL Rs. 1,60,000/-

8. N.G. RANGA FARMER AWARD, 2000

1. Shri Pradeep J. Patil, Village Boardi Thane, Maharahstra Rs.1,00,000/-

TOTAL Rs.1,00,000/-

9. VASANTRAO NAIK AWARD, 2000

1. Dr J.S. Samra, ICAR, New Delhi Rs. 50,000/- Dr V.N. Sharda Rs. 12,500/- Dr A.K. Sikka Rs. 12,500/- Dr P. Samraj Rs. 12,500/- Dr V Lakshmanan Rs. 12,500/-

TOTAL Rs. 1,00,000/-

10. PANJABRAO DESHMUKH WOMAN SCIENTIST AWARD, 2000

1. Dr Akella Vani (IIHR, Bangalore) Rs. 50,000/-

2. Dr K.V. Bhagyalakshmi (SBI, Coimbatore) Rs. 25,000/-

3. Dr (Ms) Meera Chakravarty (Claris Life Sci. Ltd., Ahemdabad) Rs. 25,000/-

TOTAL Rs.1,00,000/-

11. CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH AWARD, 2000

1. Devinder Sharma (New Delhi) Rs. 50,000/-

2. G. Venkatramani (Srinivaspuram, Chennai) Rs. 50,000/-

TOTAL Rs.1,00,000/-

12. ICAR Young Scientist Award, 1995-96

1. Dr S. Mohankumar (TNAU, Coimbatore) Rs. 5,000/-

2. Dr Rajendra Hegde (IISR, Madikeri, Karnataka) Rs. 5,000/-

3. Dr Debabrata Sarkar (CPCRI, Shimla) Rs. 5,000/- 4. Dr Rajendra Singh (IIT, Kharagpur) Rs. 5,000/-

5. Dr N.K. Praharaj (PD on Poultry, Hyderabad) Rs. 5,000/-

TOTAL Rs. 25,000/-

GRAND TOTAL

1. Sardar Patel Outstanding Institution Award, 2000 Rs. 3,00,000/-

2. Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 2000 Rs. 3,40,000/-

3. Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award, 1999-2000 Rs. 1,25,000/-

4. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Extension ScientistAward, 2000 Rs. 75,000/-

5. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 2000 Rs.24,00,000/- 6. Jagjivan Ram Kisan Puruskar, 2000 Rs. 1,00,000/-

7 Hari Om Ashram Trust Award, 1999-2000 Rs. 1,60,000/-

8. N.G. Ranga Farmer Award, 2000 Rs. 1,00,000/-

9. Vasantrao Naik Award, 2000 Rs. 1,00,000/- 10. Panjabrao Deshmukh Woman Scientist Award, 2000 Rs. 1,00,000/- 11. Chaudhary Charan Singh Award, 2000 Rs. 1,00,000/- 12. ICAR Young Scientist Award, 1995-96 Rs. 25,000/-

ONE TIME SPECIAL AWARD

1. Dr. S.K. Bandyopadhyay ]

2. Dr. R.P. Singh ]

3. Dr. B.P. Sreenivasa ] Rs. 2,00,000.00

4. Dr. P. Dhar ]

5. Dr. N. Roy ] (IVRI, Mukateswar)

1. Dr. Rishendra Verma }

2. Dr. T.N. Jaiswal } Rs. 1,00,000.00 (IVRI, Izatnagar)

Annexure II

Name of the Award Amount

1. Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award (3 Annual Awards) Rs.1,00,000.00 each 2. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding Post graduate Agril. Research, 2000 Rs. 20,000.00 each (16 Annual Awards in 8 different categories)

3. Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award Rs. 25,000.00 each (10 biannual awards in 7 different categories)

4. Panjabrao Deshmukh Woman Agril. Scientist Award (2 Annual awards) Rs. 50,000.00 each

5. Hari Om Ashram Trust Award for the biennium Rs. 40,000.00 each (4 annual awars in 4 different categories)

6. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Extension Scientist /Worker Award Rs. 25,000.00 each for the biennium(4 biannual awards in 4 different area of extn. Activities)

7. Vasantrao Naik Award for research applications in Agri. Rs.1,00,000.00 each (1 annual award for outstanding research contribution in Water Conservation and Dryland Farming)

8. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award (biannual awards in 7 different categories) Rs.3,00,000.00 each

9. Jagjivan Ram Kisan Puruskar (1 Annual Award for innovative farming) Rs. 1,00,000.00 each

10. N.G. Ranga Farmer Award for diversified Agriculture (1 Annual Award) Rs.1,00,000.00 each

11. Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for excellence in Journalism in agril. Rs. 1,00,000.00 each Research and development. (1 Annual Award)

12. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Awards for Outstanding Agril. Rs. 50,000.00 each Research in tribal areas. (2 biannual awards in 2 different categories)

13. ICAR Awards for Multi-disciplinary Team Research Rs. 1,00,000.00 each (9 biannual awards in 7 different categories)

14. ICAR Awards for Outstanding Teachers Rs. 20,000.00 each (8 biannual awards in 7 different categories)

15. Best Krishi Vigyan Kendra Awards (2 biannual awards for outstanding Rs. 50,000.00 each extension work i.e. on-farm research, training etc.)

16. Dr. Puruskar for Technical Books in in the field of Rs. 50,000.00 each agri. And allied sciences. (8 biannual awards in 8 different categories)

17. Chaudhari Devi Lal Outstanding All India Coordinated Research Project Rs. 1,00,000.00 each (AICRP Award) (1 annual award for outstanding performance of AICRP)