REPORT NO. 311 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS THREE HUNDRED ELEVENTH REPORT Demands for Grants (2018-19) of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Demand No. 86) (Presented to the 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) Website : 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 AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS THREE HUNDRED ELEVENTH REPORT Demands for Grants (2018-19) of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Demand No. 86) (Presented to the 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) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE............................................................................ (i)-(ii) 2. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... (iii) 3. ACRONYMS............................................................................................................ (iv)-(V) 4. REPORT................................................................................................................ 1-29 5. RECOMMENATIONS/OBSERVATIONS— AT A