PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Ministry of Science & Technology

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION प्रव तथ: 12 AUG 2026 3:38PM by PIB Delhi The Government of India has been promoting research and innovation in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum technology, semiconductors, biotechnology and other emerging technologies through various schemes and mission mode programmes. The details of some of the major schemes/programme is as below:

S. Scheme/Programme Focus Area Budget Outlay No.

Research, Development Deep technologies including quantum Rs. 1.0 lakh and Innovation computing, robotics and space; Artificial crore

(RDI)Fund Intelligence; Biotechnology; Digital economy; Energy security and transition etc.

National Quantum Quantum Computing, Quantum Rs. 6,003.65 Mission (NQM) Communication, Quantum Sensing & crore Metrology, Quantum Materials & Devices National Mission on Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Rs. 3,660 crore Interdisciplinary Cyber- Technologies, Robotics, Cybersecurity Physical Systems (NM- and other emerging technologies ICPS) Biotechnology Research Biotechnology, Biomanufacturing and Rs. 9,197 crore Innovation and Biofoundry etc.

Entrepreneurship Development (Bio- RIDE) India AI Mission Artificial Intelligence Rs. 10,371.92 croreIndia Semiconductor Semiconductor Rs. 76,000 crore Mission fabrication, packaging, design and semiconductor ecosystem Under NM-ICPS, 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIH) and under NQM 4 Technology Hubs (T-Hub) have been established across the country. Details are at Annexure.

As per the latest “Research and Development Statistics 2025-26” report, brought out by Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) as a percentage of GDP has increased from 0.64% in 2020-21 to 0.84% in 2023-24. In absolute terms, it has been consistently increasing over the years and more than tripled from Rs. 79,355.89 crore in 2013-14 to Rs. 2,44,767.81 crore in 2023-24. Further, the government is taking various steps to increase R&D expenditure, strenghten research infrastructure and retain scientific talent in the country. These include:

successive increase in allocations for scientific departments; financial assistance to research institutions to carry out basic and applied research to strengthen research capacity, human resource development; and creation of state-of-the-art research infrastructure in the country. DST through schemes like Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST), Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence

(PURSE), Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facilities (SAIF) and Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) through its Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research (DBT-BUILDER) programme, supports research infrastructure in universities and institutions. The Government through various fellowships like National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF), Ramanujan Fellowship; INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship, Biomedical Research Career Programme and MK Bhan-Young Researcher Fellowship is supporting young researchers and also attracting brilliant Indian researchers from abroad to return to India and conduct high quality research. Also, the VAIBHAV fellowship of DST provides a platform for overseas scientists including Non-Resident Indians to undertake collaborative research in Indian institutions and universities.

The Government continues to promote greater investment in research and development through enhanced public funding, increased private sector participation, philanthropic contributions and stronger industry- academia collaboration. The key initiatives towards this include the establishment of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), the creation of the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund to catalyse private investment in research and innovation and supporting policy measures.

Annexure Details of Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) S.No. Name of the TIH Name of the Vertical State 1 I-HUB for Robotics and Autonomous Robotics & AI Systems Karnataka Systems Innovation Foundation, IISc BengaluruS.No. Name of the TIH Name of the Vertical State 2 IHUB NTIHAC Foundation, IIT Cybersecurity Uttar Pradesh Kanpur 3 IITI Drishti CPS Foundation , IIT Digital Healthcare Madhya Indore Pradesh 4 Technology Innovation in Mining (Exploration to Jharkhand Exploration & Mining Foundation, Beneficiation of Minerals) IIT Dhanbad 5 IIT Kharagpur AI4ICPS I-Hub Artificial Intelligence and West Bengal Foundation, IIT Kharagpur Machine Learning 6 TIH Foundation For IOT And IOE , Technologies for Internet of Maharashtra IIT Bombay Things & Internet of Everything

BharatGen: A Suite of Generative AI Tech for India 7 IIIT-H Data I-Hub Foundation, IIIT Data Banks & Data Services, Telangana Hyderabad Data Analysis 8 IHUB Drishti Foundation , IIT Computer Vision, Augmented Rajasthan Jodhpur and virtual reality 9 Divyasampark IHUB Roorkee for Device Technology and Uttarakhand Devices Materials and Technology Materials Foundation , IIT Roorkee 10 IIT Patna Vishlesan I-hub Speech, Video & Text Bihar Foundation, IIT Patna Analytics 11 IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Sensors, Networking, Tamil Nadu Foundation, IIT Madras Actuator & controls 12 NMICPS Technology Innovation Hub Autonomous Navigation and Telangana on Autonomous Navigation Data Acquisition systems Foundation (TiHAN), IIT Hyderabad (UAV, RoVetc) 13 I-DAPT-HUB Foundation, IIT (BHU) Data Analytics & Predictive Uttar Pradesh Varanasi TechnologiesS.No. Name of the TIH Name of the Vertical State 14 IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation Technologies for Under water Assam and Development Foundation, IIT exploration Guwahati 15 IIT Mandi IHub and HCI Foundation Human Computer Interaction Himachal , IIT Mandi Pradesh 16 I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics Cobotics Delhi

(IHFC), IIT Delhi 17 IIT Palakkad Technology Ihub Intelligent Collaborative Kerala Foundation, IIT Palakkad Systems 18 IIT Ropar Technology and Innovation Technologies for Agriculture Punjab Foundation, IIT Ropar & Water 19 IIITB Comet Foundation, IIIT Advanced Communication Karnataka Bengaluru System 20 BITS BioCYTiH Foundation , BITS Bio-CPS Rajasthan Pilani 21 IDEAS- Institute of Data Data Science, Big Data West Bengal Engineering, Analytics and Science Analytics and Data curation Foundation, ISI Kolkata etc 22 IHUB Anubhuti-IIITD Foundation , Cognitive Computing & Delhi IIIT Delhi Social Censing 23 I-Hub Quantum Technology Quantum Technologies Maharashtra Foundation, IISER Pune 24 IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Positioning and Precision Andhra Foundation, IIT Tirupati Technologies Pradesh 25 IIT Bhilai Innovation and Technology Technologies for financial Chhattisgarh Foundation, IIT Bhilai sector (Fintech) Details of Technology Hub (T-Hub) under National Quantum Mission (NQM) S.No. Name of the T-Hub Name of the Vertical State1 T-Hub at IISc. Bengaluru Quantum Computing Karnataka 2 T-Hub at IIT Madras Quantum Communication Tamil Nadu 3 T-Hub at IIT Bombay Quantum Sensing & Metrology Maharashtra 4 T-Hub at IIT Delhi Quantum Materials & Devices Delhi This information was given by the Minister of State (Ind. Charge) Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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