Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launches Dashboard of Department of Science and Technology

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today launched Dashboard of Department of Science and Technology, DST for countrywide monitoring and feedback to ensure effective implementation of projects, schemes, scholarships and fellowships funded by DST.

On the occasion Mr. Singh said that the Dashboard contains every single minute detail of over twenty thousand crore rupees disbursed by DST to two thousand seven hundred 68 Agencies in thirty five States and Union Territories in the last five years.

Highlighting the features of Dashboard, the Minister said that through the Dashboard, details of each of the schemes and programmes for any group in every State can be accessed on a real time basis.

He said, impact analysis of the schemes and scholarships both age wise and gender wise for SC/ST/OBCs and General Castes is embedded in the Dashboard for suggesting reformative measures to states.