RAJYA SABHA
The Government of India has set up three Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), at Pune, Kolkata and Mohali. Two more IISERs are being set up at Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram. These Institutes have been/are being set up on th3 recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM). The total estimated project cost of each IISER is Rs. 500.00 crores which includes Rs. 241.00 crores fro construction of building and other infrastructural facilities and Rs. 259.00 crores as recurring expenditure, spread over a period of 7 years.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari in a written reply to a question raised by Shri Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.
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