Government Administration - Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
The Department of Planning provides grant-in-aid to Research Institutions like Institute for Development and Communication (IDC) and Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) to promote research activities in the State. A sum of Rs. 5 Cr ( Rs. 1 Cr as ACA during 2003-04 and Rs. 4 Cr during 2006-07 and 2007-08) given to IDC for creation of Corpus Fund. A sum of Rs. 5 Cr. stands released to CRRID for creation of Corpus Fund during 2006-07 and 2007-08. During 2017-18, the Planning Department had provided a grant of Rs. 1 Cr to CRRID on the non-plan side, against the grant received from Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Rs. 1 Cr. to IDC as annual grant.