Parliament Question: Research Scheme of NITI Aayog

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 480 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026 RESEARCH SCHEME OF NITI AAYOG 480. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY: Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state: (a) the details of funds allocated and utilised under the Research Scheme of NITI Aayog (RSNA) 2021 during the last five years, year-wise; (b) the details of organisations that have received financial support for research under the scheme during the last five years, State- wise particularly to Andhra Pradesh along with the nature and subject of research supported; (c) whether a monitoring and evaluation mechanism exists to track the quality, timeliness and utilisation of research outputs under the scheme and if so, the details thereof including steps taken in cases of delay or non-delivery of research outcomes; and (d) the details of the number of research projects approved, commenced, completed and pending under the Research Scheme of NITI Aayog (RSNA) 2021 during the last five years, along with the average time taken for completion, year-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (RAO INDERJIT SINGH) Page 1 of 6(a) The details of the funds allocated and utilized under Research Scheme of NITI Aayog (RSNA) during FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 is as follows: Financial Year Allocated Amount Actual Expenditure (Rs. in crore) (Rs. in crore) 2021-22 6.00 3.42 2022-23 6.00 3.38 2023-24 4.00 2.55 2024-25 4.00 3.99 2025-26 6.00 5.98 (b) The list of the organisations/individuals that have received funding under the Scheme to undertake specific research projects during FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 is placed at Annexure. The Scheme does not have any State-wise allocation. (c) Yes Sir. The RSNA guidelines and the contract issued to the consultant prescribes the governing terms of performance. Further, the release of the fees is linked with evaluation of the quality of the research study report. Delay or non-submission of the research report has consequences in terms of penalty or termination of the contract. The details may be perused in the RSNA guidelines at the link: https://www.niti.gov.in/guidelines (d) A total of 87 research study projects were approved and commenced during the period from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26. During the same period, 67 projects have been completed, while 42 projects remain ongoing as on 15.07.2026. The time taken for completion Page 2 of 6varies depending upon the scope, complexity and nature of the individual study. The year wise details are tabulated below: Financial Research Studies Completed Average time Year Approved & commenced for completion (in months) 2021-22 16 13 23 2022-23 12 12 17 2023-24 14 14 18 2024-25 14 16 19 2025-26 31 12 13 **** Page 3 of 6ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 480 FOR 22.07.2026 BY SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY REGARDING RESEARCH SCHEME OF NITI AAYOG The list of the organisations received funding from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 Sr. No. Name of the Organisation 1 Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad 2 Arcus Policy Research, New Delhi 3 Athena Infonomics India Private Limited, Chennai 4 Bureau of Research on Industry & Economic Fundamentals Pvt Ltd (BRIEF), New Delhi 5 Centre for Good Governance, Telangana 6 Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), New Delhi 7 Clarivate 8 Climate policy Initiative India Pvt ltd (CPI), New Delhi 9 CRISIL, Mumbai 10 CUTS International (Consumer Unity & Trust Society), Jaipur 11 DALBERG, New Delhi 12 Deloitte India, Gurugram 13 Deloitte, Mumbai 14 Development & Research Services Pvt Ltd, New Delhi 15 DOORS, Noida 16 Dr. Kannan Muthu, Chief Sustainability Officer, Green Story 17 DRONAH Foundation, Gurugram 18 EGROW Foundation (Economic Growth and Welfare), Noida 19 Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Gujarat 20 Environmental Management Centre (EMC), Mumbai 21 Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi 22 Forest Survey of India, Dehradun 23 Forvis Mazars, Gurugram 24 Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi 25 Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) Impact Ventures, Gurgaon 26 Humanities and Social Science, Kurukshetra 27 ICAR-Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi 28 ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Ludhiana 29 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)–National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP), New Delhi Page 4 of 6Sr. No. Name of the Organisation 30 Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore 31 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar 32 Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Ahmedabad 33 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur 34 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras 35 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur 36 Indian School of Business, Mohali 37 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata 38 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi 39 Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi 40 Institute of Human Development (IHD), New Delhi 41 Jupitice Justice Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh 42 Klynved Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG), Gurugram 43 M.N. Dastur & Company Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi 44 Micro Save Consulting (MSC) India Private Limited, Lucknow 45 Ms. Aastha Manocha 46 Ms. Rishu Nigam 47 National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi 48 National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) DDelhi 49 National Institute for Labour Economic Research and Development (NILERD) 50 National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru 51 National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi 52 National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad 53 National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi 54 National Law School of India University (NLSUI), Bangalore 55 National Maritime Foundation (NMF) 56 Oliver Wyman, Mumbai 57 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 58 PRAYAS, Bangalore 59 Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon 60 Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Gurugram 61 Quantta Analytics Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon 62 RITES Ltd., Gurugram 63 Saha Manthran Private Limited, Gurugram 64 SARVAM AI, Bengaluru 65 SATTVA Media and consulting, Bengaluru Page 5 of 6Sr. No. Name of the Organisation 66 Sh. Naman Jain 67 Sh. Nihar Gokhale 68 Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune 69 Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai 70 The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi 71 Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi 72 WAPCOS Limited, Gurugram ***** Page 6 of 6