- 15 Jan, 2024
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Gross expenditure on research and development increased in IITs, IISc: Govt
The Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) in the country has been consistently increasing over the years and has more than doubled from Rs 60,196.75 crore in 2010-11 to Rs 1,27,380.96 crore in 2020-21, the government revealed in Lok Sabha.
As per the data released by Dr Subhas Sarkar, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, India occupies third rank in terms of the number of PhDs awarded in Science and Engineering (S&E). As per Elsevier Report, the total number of publications has also increased from 6,61,912 in (2012-2016) to 10,12,624 in (2017- 2021).
Sarkar clarified that the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) receive funds under various research schemes from various central Ministries such as the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, through their various departments such as Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) and Department of Bio-Technology (DBT) etc.
He added that these institutes also receive research grants from industry, alumni, philanthropic contributions, etc. Ministry of Education releases funds under different research schemes such as Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY), Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT), Scheme for Promotion of Research and Academic Collaboration (SPARC), Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS), etc., for promotion of research ecosystem of country’s Higher Education Institutes. This Ministry also releases funds to IITs and IISc for salary, pension, scholarships/fellowships, equipment related expenses and other recurring/non-recurring expenditure on monthly basis based on the demand estimates received from these Institutions viz-a-viz their budgetary allocation, he added.
This data was released in response to a query made in Lok Sabha regarding whether the government has instructed the respective departments towards initiating steps for the release of the amount held back for last more than a year in a time-bound manner.