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SERB/ANRF combined research funding: SERB allocation fell from ₹1,004.5 cr (2023-24) to ₹543.25 cr (2026-27, up to 21 July), even as ANRF's own allocation rose to ₹2,000 cr in the same year
ANRF has mobilised private-sector Letters of Intent from the Gates Foundation (~₹450 cr), Wadhwani Foundation (₹100 cr), Qualcomm (~₹90 cr), NVIDIA (in-kind, ~$22.5 mn) and Google (~₹54 cr)
ANRF runs 15+ named programmes — from the PM Early Career Research Grant to the J.C. Bose Grant — alongside sister missions like Vigyan Dhara, the National Quantum Mission and Bio-RIDE
Provide high-level strategic direction for research, innovation and entrepreneurship across science and technology
Key: Governing Board headed by the Prime Minister as ex-officio President; absorbed SERB's functions from FY 2025-26
Fund basic/applied research grants to individual scientists and institutions
Key: Statutory body under the SERB Act, 2008 (est. 2009); its funding line continues within ANRF's overall accounts even after ANRF's creation
Strengthen the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem and S&T infrastructure
Key: Fosters well-equipped R&D labs in academic institutions
Seed, nurture and scale up quantum science and industrial R&D
Key: ₹6,003.65 crore outlay over 8 years; four Thematic Hubs — quantum computing, communication, sensing, and materials & devices
Foster biotech innovation, bio-entrepreneurship and biomanufacturing leadership
Key: Adds Biomanufacturing and Biofoundry components under the Department of Biotechnology
Apex body for research funding and strategic direction, succeeding SERB
Statutory research-grants body, now operating within ANRF's umbrella
Establishes ANRF as a statutory body with the PM as ex-officio President of its Governing Board; subsumes SERB's functions
Original statute establishing SERB (operational from 2009) as a research-grants body under DST — its funding line persists inside ANRF's accounts
A separate, larger private-sector-focused financing vehicle launched alongside ANRF — RDI gives long-term low-cost loans/equity, while ANRF/SERB give direct research grants
Sister DST missions cited alongside ANRF as the government's broader R&D-ecosystem push — NQM for quantum tech, BharatGen for Indian-language Gen-AI models
GS Paper 3 > Science & Technology > Research Ecosystem / Governance > Statutory Bodies
Recurring — funding tables updated most Parliament sessions
Anusandhan National Research Foundation — apex research-funding body created by the ANRF Act, 2023, with the PM as ex-officio President
Science and Engineering Research Board — statutory research-grants body (2009) now operating within ANRF