The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) says it met all its Special Campaign 6 targets, reviewing 13,956 physical files against a target of 9,805 and earning ₹76,36,047 from scrap.
Science Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the implementation phase on 2 October 2026 at CSIR headquarters in New Delhi. The campaign ran across DSIR, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Central Electronics Limited (CEL) and NRDC.
The numbers
- Public grievances, MP references and record management: 100% of targets met
- Physical files reviewed: 13,956 against 9,805, more than 140%
- E-files reviewed: 3,274 against 2,493
- Office space freed: 21,117 square feet
- Cleanliness sites: all 150 targeted sites covered
- Social media: 42 posts
Best practices
DSIR highlighted three efforts: sanitation technologies from CSIR-CMERI in Durgapur; bio-bitumen made from farm residue for roads, by CSIR-CRRI and CSIR-IIP; and a coral-reef monitoring robot, C-Bot, from CSIR-NIO in Goa.
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Source: official release by the Ministry of Science & Technology, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (06 NOV 2026 2:48PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research achieved 100% targets under Special Campaign 6.
How we verified this
VerifiedEvery fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2333549) issued by the Ministry of Science & Technology on 06 NOV 2026 2:48PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.
Sources
- 1.Department of Scientific and Industrial Research achieved 100% targets under Special Campaign 6 — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
