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Government increases allocation for Science and Technology by 10 percent in Union Budget

The Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan announced that there has been nearly an increase of about 10 percent from Rs.33467 crore to Rs.37435 crore.

By Ravi Kaushal | Updated: February 13, 2017 4:50 PM IST
New Delhi, Feb 13:
The Central Government increased the budget for Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday. The Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan announced that there has been nearly an increase of about 10 percent from Rs.33467 crore to Rs.37435 crore.
Similarly, budget allocations for various departments relating to Ministry of S&T and Ministry of Earth Science have also been substantially increased. They are as below
Department of Science and Technology:    BE 17-18 – Rs 4836 Cr against RE of Rs 4493 Cr in 2016-17
Department of Scientific Industrial Research: BE 17-18 – Rs 4446 Cr against RE of Rs 4062 Cr in 2016-17
Department of Bio-Technology:   BE 17-18 – Rs 2222 Cr against RE of Rs 1917 Cr in 2016-17
Ministry of Earth Sciences:    BE 17-18 – Rs 1723 Cr against RE of Rs 1566 Cr in 2016-17

Apart from on-going support to continuing R and D and other relevant Programmes, the augmented Budgets are proposed to be geared towards the following activities:
Department of Science & Technology(DST) : Initiatives for Advanced Manufacturing Technology , Waste Management Technology, Bio-Medical Devices and Science and Heritage Research Initiative, Programme on Electric Mobility to be initiated in collaboration with DHI, Technology Development Programme with RDSO and MHRD for Indian Railways, Collaborative and National Programme on Smart Grid and Energy Storage, Virtual Centers on Ultra Super Critical Technology for Clean Coal, Continuing support to the Programmes on Building Energy Efficiency, Thrust on R & D on Solar Equipment and Characterization Labs for Solar Equipment and Cells.