Parliament Question: Support under INSPIRE-MANAK Scheme in Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1768 ANSWERED ON 30/07/2025 SUPPORT UNDER INSPIRE-MANAK SCHEME IN UTTAR PRADESH 1768. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ: Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) the number of SC, ST, OBC and General Category students supported under the INSPIRE Award-MANAK Scheme since 2022, State and district-wise particularly for Uttar Pradesh; (b) the total amount of innovation grants sanctioned and disbursed to schools and students in the State of Uttar Pradesh under the scheme; (c) the number of prototypes funded under the scheme in Uttar Pradesh that progressed to the national-level exhibition stage; (d) whether any follow-up funding for incubation or patent facilitation has been received, if so, the details thereof; and (e) whether any targeted outreach programmes have been undertaken in high SC/ST-populated areas of the State to promote participation in innovation schemes, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH) विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पथ्ृ िी विज्ञान मंत्रालय के राज्य मंत्री (स्ितंत्र प्रभार) (डॉ. जितेंद्र स हं ) (a) A total of 140,316 students have been supported under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme since 2022. This includes 32,138 from the General category, 71,790 from the OBC category, 23,184 from the SC category, and 13,204 from the ST category. The state-wise list is Page 1 of 6provided in Annexure–I, and the district-wise list for Uttar Pradesh is attached as Annexure–II. (b) An amount of ₹8,67,50,000/- was sanctioned for 8,675 selected students under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme since 2022, at the rate of ₹10,000 per student. The sanctioned funds were provided for the preparation of projects/models, showcasing of ideas, and participation in exhibitions conducted at the district, state, and national levels. (c) Under the scheme, thirty student prototypes from Uttar Pradesh progressed to the national-level exhibition stage. (d) Three students from Uttar Pradesh were recognized at the national level, and patent applications have been filed for their innovations. (e) A total of 20 online awareness workshops were organized in Uttar Pradesh under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme between 2022 and 2025. Out of these, four workshops were conducted specifically for teachers from SC/ST-dominated areas to promote greater student participation in the program. Page 2 of 6Annexure - I 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 State GEN OBC SC ST Total GEN OBC SC ST Total GEN OBC SC ST Total Andaman and Nicobar 12 2 0 1 15 6 2 0 0 8 7 11 0 2 20 Andhra Pradesh 761 1804 732 151 3448 1047 2426 857 200 4530 777 1905 824 187 3693 Arunachal Pradesh 2 1 0 5 8 1 0 1 3 5 4 0 2 10 16 Assam 36 50 4 12 102 82 98 12 20 212 19 61 3 17 100 Bihar 704 2330 344 29 3407 369 1453 239 15 2076 338 1375 259 16 1988 Chandigarh 56 4 9 1 70 142 10 11 0 163 64 2 3 0 69 Chhattisgarh 258 1846 442 1006 3552 224 1543 370 1020 3157 182 1485 400 895 2962 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 6 0 0 0 6 8 14 0 2 24 9 5 2 4 20 Delhi 148 10 8 0 166 103 11 5 0 119 208 19 20 1 248 Goa 7 5 0 3 15 47 5 0 11 63 37 10 1 8 56 Gujarat 289 530 64 301 1184 297 499 63 250 1109 295 586 77 324 1282 Haryana 155 98 76 0 329 325 223 168 0 716 336 256 222 0 814 Himachal Pradesh 375 65 160 22 622 246 52 117 22 437 317 53 105 23 498 Jammu and Kashmir 618 61 39 53 771 738 66 72 66 942 778 74 59 81 992 Jharkhand 268 915 146 328 1657 273 1111 154 399 1937 254 1052 157 354 1817 Karnataka 635 5470 955 385 7445 764 5216 1054 459 7493 680 4270 922 392 6264 Page 3 of 62022-23 2023-24 2024-25 State GEN OBC SC ST Total GEN OBC SC ST Total GEN OBC SC ST Total Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 425 186 74 25 710 136 79 20 12 247 271 177 56 17 521 Kerala 160 262 25 2 449 177 279 19 4 479 96 197 16 6 315 Ladakh 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 21 21 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 Madhya Pradesh 403 959 328 164 1854 319 745 284 158 1506 432 1341 423 476 2672 Maharashtra 717 609 203 120 1649 888 860 270 131 2149 1073 1043 304 161 2581 Manipur 6 3 0 9 18 1 1 1 0 3 1 6 0 1 8 Meghalaya 3 0 0 7 10 1 0 0 7 8 9 0 0 12 21 Mizoram 1 2 0 10 13 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 6 7 Nagaland 1 1 0 4 6 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 5 Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti 25 32 14 13 84 20 25 7 9 61 50 74 31 55 210 Odisha 772 1479 426 390 3067 1011 1766 568 478 3823 874 1626 464 445 3409 Puducherry 1 17 3 0 21 3 25 7 0 35 8 61 8 0 77 Punjab 159 81 125 1 366 240 111 215 0 566 176 96 148 1 421 Rajasthan 1011 3085 1225 672 5993 1024 3437 1601 768 6830 975 3348 1551 725 6599 Sikkim 11 14 2 11 38 6 6 0 3 15 10 10 1 7 28 Tamil Nadu 89 464 170 10 733 117 612 251 11 991 147 794 242 14 1197 Telangana 415 1660 563 274 2912 349 1792 600 313 3054 404 1918 650 339 3311 Tripura 7 7 3 1 18 6 6 4 7 23 25 18 15 8 66 Uttar Pradesh 359 401 139 2 901 638 933 366 3 1940 1344 3020 1446 24 5834 Uttarakhand 1047 290 328 31 1696 1265 393 430 52 2140 1063 344 389 50 1846 West Bengal 28 3 7 3 41 22 3 1 1 27 11 4 3 0 18 Grand Total 9970 22746 6614 4051 43381 10896 23802 7767 4461 46926 11274 25242 8803 4692 50011 Page 4 of 6Annexure – II District Number of Students Grand Total selected GENERAL OBC SC ST Agra 36 77 47 2 162 Aligarh 60 80 59 0 199 Allahabad 55 116 66 0 237 Ambedkar Nagar 10 18 9 0 37 Amethi 14 21 5 0 40 Amroha 8 21 9 0 38 Auraiya 25 52 37 0 114 Azamgarh 15 57 29 0 101 Baghpat 18 31 6 0 55 Bahraich 16 24 2 0 42 Ballia 11 51 11 2 75 Balrampur 22 50 14 0 86 Banda 17 44 13 0 74 Barabanki 38 135 72 0 245 Bareilly 74 149 40 1 264 Basti 15 43 12 0 70 Bhadohi 10 37 6 0 53 Bijnor 22 84 53 0 159 Budaun 27 81 23 1 132 Bulandshahr 38 51 48 1 138 Chandauli 11 52 13 0 76 Chitrakoot 8 26 13 0 47 Deoria 15 111 24 6 156 Etah 13 70 14 0 97 Etawah 40 129 78 0 247 Faizabad 28 59 29 0 116 Farrukhabad 6 31 5 0 42 Fatehpur 19 52 35 0 106 Firozabad 16 58 23 0 97 Gautam Buddha Nagar 191 43 19 0 253 Ghaziabad 158 41 11 0 210 Ghazipur 2 48 16 0 66 Gonda 43 61 22 0 126 Gorakhpur 8 80 37 1 126 Hamirpur 2 21 4 0 27 Hapur 25 28 23 0 76 Hardoi 57 62 35 0 154 Hathras 10 27 13 0 50 Page 5 of 6District Number of Students Grand Total selected GENERAL OBC SC ST Jalaun 17 69 41 0 127 Jaunpur 18 43 18 0 79 Jhansi 32 51 47 1 131 Kannauj 27 65 23 0 115 Kanpur Dehat 30 79 47 0 156 Kanpur Nagar 61 56 45 0 162 Kasganj 9 51 14 0 74 Kaushambi 12 35 26 0 73 Kheri 34 73 41 0 148 Kushi Nagar 6 60 25 2 93 Lalitpur 11 32 11 0 54 Lucknow 252 174 99 1 526 Maharajganj 12 88 30 0 130 Mahoba 3 8 13 0 24 Mainpuri 7 32 12 0 51 Mathura 49 74 40 0 163 Mau 7 34 14 1 56 Meerut 46 61 45 0 152 Mirzapur 13 40 13 0 66 Moradabad 78 124 35 0 237 Muzaffarnagar 35 114 26 0 175 Pilibhit 14 87 19 0 120 Pratapgarh 38 48 14 0 100 Rae Bareli 21 38 35 0 94 Rampur 38 37 4 1 80 Saharanpur 20 68 40 0 128 Sambhal 19 33 10 0 62 Sant Kabeer Nagar 7 23 12 0 42 Shahjahanpur 31 47 20 0 98 Shamli 6 39 9 0 54 Shravasti 14 13 4 0 31 Siddharth Nagar 23 23 8 0 54 Sitapur 29 48 41 0 119 Sonbhadra 12 18 7 3 40 Sultanpur 16 46 14 0 76 Unnao 34 66 47 2 149 Varanasi 77 136 27 3 243 Grand Total 2341 4354 1951 29 8675 ***** Page 6 of 6