Shri Y.S. Chowdary, Minister of State for the Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences has informed that there is steady growth in proposals from the women scientists under Knowledge Involvement in Research Advancement through Nurturing (KIRAN) scheme of the Department of Science & Technology (DST). DST received 689 proposals in 2013-14, 882 proposals in 2014-15 and 1012 proposals in 2015-16 under KIRAN from women scientists.
The number of proposals received and recommended under the scheme during last three years, State-wise are given below: –
| States/Union Territories | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | ||||||
| Received | Recommended | Received | Recommended | Received | Recommended | ||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 115 | 25 | 94 | 11 | 42 | 13 | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |||
| Assam | 13 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 3 | |||
| Bihar | 2 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | |||
| Chandigarh | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | |||
| Daman & Diu | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Delhi | 44 | 21 | 56 | 13 | 75 | 21 | |||
| Gujarat | 22 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 32 | 13 | |||
| Goa | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Haryana | 22 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 23 | 11 | |||
| Himachal Pradesh | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Jammu & Kashmir | 19 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 5 | |||
| Jharkhand | 2 | – | 7 | 1 | 12 | – | |||
| Karnataka | 48 | 14 | 47 | 18 | 65 | 15 | |||
| Kerala | 31 | 8 | 33 | 10 | 38 | 6 | |||
| Madhya Pradesh | 18 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 3 | |||
| Maharashtra | 61 | 20 | 86 | 31 | 91 | 26 | |||
| Manipur | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Meghalaya | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |||
| Mizoram | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Odisha | 16 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 21 | 17 | |||
| Pondicherry | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Punjab | 18 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 7 | |||
| Rajasthan | 15 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 41 | 8 | |||
| Sikkim | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Telangana | – | – | 37 | 28 | 52 | 39 | |||
| Tripura | – | – | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Tamil Nadu | 82 | 23 | 116 | 30 | 124 | 25 | |||
| Uttar Pradesh | 67 | 37 | 97 | 23 | 144 | 22 | |||
| Uttarakhand | 8 | 3 | 13 | – | 18 | 3 | |||
| West Bengal | 58 | 14 | 60 | 23 | 62 | 33 | |||
| TOTAL | 689 | 223 | 882 | 247 | 1012 | 288 | |||