Parliament Question: Atal Tinkering Labs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2886 TO BE ANSWERED 06.08.2025 ATAL TINKERING LABS

2886. SHRI MOHIBBULLAH:

SHRI B K PARTHASARATHI:

SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the total number of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in the country, State and district and school-wise for particularly in States of Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh;

(b) the details of the type and the number of equipments provided to ATLs in the country along with the funds released and utilised for the same, State and district-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh;

(c) the details of the sectors in which ATLs are fostering innovation, State and district-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh;

(d) the details of successful innovations developed till date through ATLs in the country, State and district-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh;

(e) the details of the total number of student beneficiaries under ATLs in the country, State and district-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh till date; and

(f) the number of new ATLs planned to be built, State and district-wise particularly for Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh ? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has established a total of 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs

(ATLs) across the country, out of which 713 ATLs have been established in Andhra Pradesh and 955 in Uttar Pradesh. The state-wise number of ATLs established is in the

table below:

Page 1 of 9Total No. of ATLs State established ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR 10 ISLAND ANDHRA PRADESH 713 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 32 ASSAM 352 BIHAR 97 CHANDIGARH 22 CHHATTISGARH 368 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 4 DELHI 198 GOA 19 GUJARAT 615 HARYANA 435 HIMACHAL PRADESH 112 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 127 JHARKHAND 126 KARNATAKA 798 KERALA 369 LADAKH 2 MADHYA PRADESH 601 MAHARASHTRA 1,033 MANIPUR 119 MEGHALAYA 13 MIZORAM 26 NAGALAND 26 ODISHA 331 PUDUCHERRY 19 PUNJAB 230 RAJASTHAN 511 SIKKIM 27 TAMIL NADU 975 TELANGANA 379 TRIPURA 27 UTTAR PRADESH 955 UTTARAKHAND 87 WEST BENGAL 242 Grand Total 10,000 The details of all 10,000 schools, district-wise is available on official website of AIM, and can be accessed here - https://aim.gov.in/pdf/OperationalATLsInIndia.pdf Page 2 of 9(b) The details of the type and number of equipment provided to ATLs in the country is available on official website of AIM, and can be accessed at -

https://aim.gov.in/pdf/ATL_Equipment_List/ATL_Equipment_List_60_students.pdf.

Till date, Rs. 1391.84 crores has been disbursed as Grant-in-Aid to ATL schools across the country, out of which Rs. 981 crores has been utilized. The state-wise grant disbursement is placed at Annexure I. The district-wise grant disbursement, in Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is placed at Annexure II & Annexure III.

(c) ATL students innovate across all sectors including Education, Skill Development, Health, Agriculture, Transport, Environment, Tourism, Space etc. The innovations are aligned to solve local, national and global problems.

(d) The state-wise number of innovations in last 3 years is :

State/UTs No. of innovations Andaman and Nicobar Islands 86 Andhra Pradesh 11,533 Arunachal Pradesh 94 Assam 973 Bihar 978 Chandigarh 151 Chhattisgarh 1500 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 81 Delhi 4594 Goa 80 Gujarat 2465 Haryana 2365 Himachal Pradesh 689 Jammu And Kashmir 5334 Jharkhand 807 Karnataka 9034 Kerala 15859 Ladakh 1 Lakshadweep 1 Madhya Pradesh 4622 Maharashtra 4452 Manipur 54 Meghalaya 95 Mizoram 16 Nagaland 218 Odisha 2112 Puducherry 353 Punjab 1371 Page 3 of 9Rajasthan 10717 Sikkim 94 Tamil Nadu 36509 Telangana 8953 Tripura 74 Uttar Pradesh 5,089 Uttarakhand 1050 West Bengal 821 Grand Total 133226

(e) The details of the total number of student beneficiaries under the ATLs, state-wise is

presented below:

State No. of Students Participating in ATL ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND 14,370 ANDHRA PRADESH 975,421 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 32,728 ASSAM 344,456 BIHAR 120,576 CHANDIGARH 26,019 CHHATTISGARH 344,338 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 7,407 DELHI 252,515 GOA 22,822 GUJARAT 893,757 HARYANA 451,530 HIMACHAL PRADESH 150,180 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 142,412 JHARKHAND 126,535 KARNATAKA 993,928 KERALA 456,457 LADAKH 1,173 MADHYA PRADESH 581,853 MAHARASHTRA 1,274,406 MANIPUR 121,406 MEGHALAYA 22,507 MIZORAM 35,731 NAGALAND 19,335 ODISHA 324,457 PUDUCHERRY 20,039 PUNJAB 272,081 RAJASTHAN 694,107 SIKKIM 32,716 TAMIL NADU 919,119 TELANGANA 360,034 Page 4 of 9TRIPURA 10,015 UTTAR PRADESH 717,287 UTTARAKHAND 109,031 WEST BENGAL 243,631

(f) The Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education plans to set up more ATLs in Government Schools across the country.

Page 5 of 9ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2886 FOR 06.08.2025 BY SHRI MOHIBBULLAH: SHRI B K

PARTHASARATHI: SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU: REGARDING ATAL TINKERING LABS State-wise Grant Disbursement to ATL schools State/UT Total Funds Disbursed Rs. (in crores) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND 1.36 ANDHRA PRADESH 96.04 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 4.08 ASSAM 45.08 BIHAR 12.64 CHANDIGARH 2.96 CHHATTISGARH 54.92 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 0.56 DELHI 28.12 GOA 2.52 GUJARAT 87.04 HARYANA 60.12 HIMACHAL PRADESH 15.68 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 17.64 JHARKHAND 17 KARNATAKA 111.36 KERALA 50.76 LADAKH 0.28 MADHYA PRADESH 84 MAHARASHTRA 142.92 MANIPUR 14.88 MEGHALAYA 1.64 MIZORAM 3.48 NAGALAND 3.32 ODISHA 43.16 PUDUCHERRY 2.64 PUNJAB 32.92 RAJASTHAN 71.2 SIKKIM 3.32 TAMIL NADU 138.16 TELANGANA 55.2 TRIPURA 3.48 UTTAR PRADESH 138.56 UTTARAKHAND 12.04 WEST BENGAL 32.76 Grand Total 1391.84 Page 6 of 9ANNEXURE II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2886 FOR 06.08.2025 BY SHRI MOHIBBULLAH: SHRI B K

PARTHASARATHI: SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU: REGARDING ATAL TINKERING LABS District-wise Grant Disbursement to ATL schools of Andhra Pradesh District Name Total Funds Disbursed Rs.(in crores) ANAKAPALLI 4.04 ANANTAPUR 3.16 ANNAMAYYA 3.6 ASR 5.32 BAPATLA 1.44 CHITTOOR 2.8 EAST GODAVARI 4.44 ELURU 1.72 GUNTUR 3.44 KADAPA 4.6 KAKINADA 6.16 KONASEEMA 6.52 KRISHNA 1.64 KURNOOL 6.88 MANYAM 3.12 NANDYAL 6.28 NELLORE 4.2 NTR 2.36 PALNADU 3.96 PRAKASAM 2.84 SRI SATYASAI 1.76 SRIKAKULAM 3.04 TIRUPATI 3.04 VISAKHAPATNAM 2.56 VIZIANAGARAM 5.6 WEST GODAVARI 1.52 Grand Total 96.04 Page 7 of 9ANNEXURE III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2886 FOR 06.08.2025 BY SHRI MOHIBBULLAH: SHRI B K

PARTHASARATHI: SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU: REGARDING ATAL TINKERING LABS District-wise Grant Disbursement to ATL schools of Uttar Pradesh District Name Total Funds Disbursed Rs.(in crores) AGRA 2.44 ALIGARH 8.8 AMBEDKAR NAGAR 1.08 AMETHI - CSM NAGAR 1.32 AURAIYA 0.88 AYODHYA 1.68 AZAMGARH 2.24 BAGHPAT 0.68 BAHRAICH 0.28 BALLIA 3.12 BANDA 0.12 BARABANKI 0.44 BAREILLY 1.36 BASTI 2.52 BHADOI 0.68 BIJNOR 3.52 BUDAUN 0.28 BULANDSHAHR 2.24 CHANDAULI 0.44 CHITRAKOOT 0.12 DEORIA 2.08 ETAH 0.4 ETAWAH 1.64 FARRUKHABAD 2.36 FATEHPUR 6.28 FIROZABAD 1.28 GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR 5.2 GHAZIABAD 4.92 GHAZIPUR 10.08 GONDA 0.32 GORAKHPUR 0.8 HAMIRPUR (U.P.) 0.44 HAPUR (PANCHSHEEL 0.52 NAGAR) HARDOI 1.08 Page 8 of 9HATHRAS 2.08 JALAUN 0.56 JAUNPUR 3.2 JHANSI 2.2 JYOTIBA PHULE NAGAR 1.6

(AMROHA) KANNAUJ 1.8 KANPUR DEHAT 2.28 KANPUR NAGAR 6.4 KANSHIRAM NAGAR 2 KAUSHAMBI 1.52 KUSHINAGAR 1.44 LALITPUR 0.6 LUCKNOW 2.16 MAHARAJGANJ 0.72 MAHOBA 0.68 MAINPURI 1.32 MATHURA 4.44 MAU 5.96 MEERUT 1.64 MIRZAPUR 0.4 MORADABAD 1.28 MUZAFFARNAGAR 1.92 PILIBHIT 0.32 PRATAPGARH 2.24 PRAYAGRAJ 5.16 RAE BARELI 1.52 RAMPUR 0.28 SAHARANPUR 1.68 SAMBHAL (BHIM NAGAR) 0.16 SANT KABIR NAGAR 0.16 SHAHJAHANPUR 0.48 SHAMLI (PRABUDH 0.48 NAGAR) SIDDHARTHNAGAR 0.32 SITAPUR 0.68 SONBHADRA 1.56 SULTANPUR 1.16 UNNAO 2 VARANASI 2.52 Grand Total 138.56 ***** Page 9 of 9