Parliament Question: Progress of INSPIRE Programme
INSPIRE Programme: Parliament reply on progress across INSPIRE-MANAK, INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE), INSPIRE Fellowship, and INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship
What happened (Parliament question on INSPIRE progress)
The Ministry of Science & Technology (Department of Science and Technology) provided a written reply in the Rajya Sabha by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh. The reply reports component-wise progress of the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Programme across five financial years: 2021-22 through 2025-26, and describes interventions to expand outreach and inclusivity.
INSPIRE Programme design: four components across the talent pipeline
INSPIRE Programme is designed as an academic-to-research talent pipeline through age-segmented components. UPSC framing can test how the scheme operationalises innovation and inclusivity (competitions, outreach, mentorship) and how scholarship/fellowship design supports early research transition—linking measurable outreach (student/young researcher counts) with policy objectives.
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