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Government of India
Ministry of Culture
06-February-2018 14:08 IST
Government proposes to establish more Science Centres/Cities/museums in all
the States of the country: Dr. Mahesh Sharma

The Ministry of Culture operates Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPOCS)
which provides for setting up of Science Cities and Science Centres in all the States of
the country subject to availability of funds for the purpose. States willing to avail of this
Scheme have to provide land and share the cost of setting up of facility and corpus for
upkeep and maintenance.

The details of Science Cities set up in the country are as under.

1. Science City, Kolkata, West Bengal

2. Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurtala, Punjab
3. Science City, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4. Regional Science City, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

List of Science Cities/Centres being set up/proposed to be set up in the country and
present status

Present
Sl. Name of Science Location of the project (Name status
No. City/Science Centre of State/ Union Territory)

1 Science City, Guwahati Assam Ongoing

Regional Science Centre, Nearing
2. Kerala
Kottayam completion
Regional Science Centre,
3. Karnataka Ongoing
Mysore
Sub-Regional Science
4. Himachal Pradesh Ongoing
Centre, Palampur
Sub-Regional Science
5. Odisha Ongoing
Centre, Bargarh
Sub-Regional Science Nearing
6. Tripura
Centre, Udaipur completion
Sub-Regional Science
7. Bihar Ongoing
Centre, Gaya
Sub- Regional Science
8. Uttarakhand Ongoing
Centre, Almora
Sub-Regional Science
9. Rajasthan Ongoing
Centre, Udaipur
 Sub-Regional Science
10. Madhya Pradesh Ongoing
Centre, Jabalpur
Sub-Regional Science
11. Assam Ongoing
Centre, Kokrajhar, Assam
Sub-Regional Science
12. A&N Islands Ongoing
Centre, Mayabunder
Sub-Regional Science
13. Andhra Pradesh Ongoing
Centre, Rajahmundry

This information was given by Minister of State (IC) for Culture and Minister of State
for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in
Lok Sabha today.