Govt launches SATYABHAMA portal

The mines ministry announced the launch of a portal — Science and Technology Yojana for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Mining Advancement (SATYABHAMA) — with an aim to promote research and development in the mining and minerals sector.

This portal will allow online submission of project proposals along with monitoring of the same and utilisation of funds.

“Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi launched SATYABHAMA portal,” an official statement said. 

During the launch, Joshi emphasised the role of digital technologies in promoting research and development in the mining and mineral sector in the country. 

The minister appealed to the scientists and researchers in the mining and mineral sector to undertake qualitative and innovative research and development work for ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.

Online submission of proposals

Ministry of mines provides funds to academic institutions, universities, national institutes and R&D institutions recognised with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for implementing R&D projects under Science and Technology Scheme with the vision to promote research in applied geosciences, mineral exploration, mining and allied areas, mineral processing, optimum utilisation and conservation of the mineral resources of the country, for the benefit of the nation and its people.

“In contrast to the present system where research proposals are submitted physically by the scientists/researchers, the portal allows online submission of project proposals along with monitoring of the projects and utilisation of funds/grants,” the mines ministry said.

The researchers can also submit progress reports and final technical reports of the projects in electronic format in the portal. A user manual is also available on the portal where the stepwise procedures for submission of project proposals have been highlighted.

The portal is integrated with NGO Darpan portal of NITI Aayog. It will increase efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of the scheme.

The major institutes where research projects have been funded include Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.

The portal has been designed and developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), mines informatics division.

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