PARLIAMENT QUESTION: OPERATIONALISATION OF DEEP TECH FUND OF FUNDS

• Deep-Tech Fund of Funds (FoF) is a financing vehicle envisaged under the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme of the Ministry of Science & Technology to channel risk-capital into high-TRL deep-tech startups via 2nd-level fund managers.
• Total scheme corpus: ₹1 lakh crore over 6 years; FY 2025-26 outlay ₹20,000 crore.
• Examinable for Prelims (schemes/agencies) and Mains GS-III (S&T, innovation ecosystem, indigenisation).