Question : Establishing IIPMs

(a) whether the Government has any plans of establishing more Indian Institutes of Plantation Management(IIPMs) in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) whether the State Government of Uttar Pradesh has made any representations for the establishment of an IIPM in the state and if so, the present status of the said request?

THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b): There is no plan for establishment of more Indian Institutes of Plantation Management in the country, as on date.

(c): No representation has been received from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh in this regard.
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