New Delhi : Under the Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPoCS), National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, has developed a chain of Science Cities/ Science Centres/ Innovation Hubs throughout the Country.
As per the scheme guidelines, the projects are taken up on receipt of the proposal from State-Govt /UTs with commitments of encumbrance free land, cost of the project (capital & corpus), operation, manpower and management of the project etc.
List of new projects that are in progress in various States/UTs under SPoCS Scheme is attached at Annexure-A. A list of projects which have been approved by MoC and are in the pipeline is placed at Annexure-B.
ANNEXURE-A
New Science Centre projects taken up by NCSM under SPoCS Scheme of Govt. of India
| Sl.
No. |
Names of the new science centre projects taken up by NCSM under SPOCS Scheme of Govt. of India | Located in
State/UT |
| 01 | Science City, Guwahati | Assam |
| 02 | Regional Science Centre, Kottayam | Kerala |
| 03 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Palampur | Himachal Pradesh |
| 04 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Gaya | Bihar |
| 05 | Sub- Regional Science Centre, Almora | Uttarakhand |
| 06 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur | Rajasthan |
| 07 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Mayabundar | A&N Islands |
| 08 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Kokrajhar | Assam |
| 09 | Science Centre, (Category-II) Rajahmundry | Andhra Pradesh |
| 10 | Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Science City, Patna | Bihar |
| 11 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Ambala | Haryana |
| 12 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh |
| 13 | Science City, Dehradun | Uttarakhand |
ANNEXURE-B
New Projects approved by MoC under SPoCS Scheme of Govt. of India
| Sl.
No. |
Names of the new projects approved by MoC | Located in
State/UT |
| 01 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Jabalpur# | Madhya Pradesh |
| 02 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Ajmer## | Rajasthan |
| 03 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Kanyakumari$ | Tamil Nadu |
| 04 | Science Centre, (Cat-II) Bikaner** | Rajasthan |
| 05 | Science Centre (Cat-II), Srinagar * | Jammu & Kashmir |
This information was given by Minister of Culture, Tourism & Development of North Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy in Lok Sabha today.
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