(a) Whether the Government proposes to provide assistance to
the States to establish 100 new polytechnics in districts
without any polytechnic at present;
(b) If so,the details thereof and the action taken in this regard; and
(c) The steps taken by the Government in operationalizing 700
revamped Community Polytechnics for skill development of rural youth?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) and (b) Under the “Sub-mission on Polytechnicsâ€, the
Government of India provides Central financial
assistance to the State Governments/ Union
Territories for setting up of New Polytechnics in 300
unserved & underserved districts of the country upto
Rs. 12.3 crore per polytechnic. So far, 225 Districts
have already been approved for establishment of New
Polytechnics and an amount of Rs.530.99 crore has been
released to various Union Territories/State Governments.
(c) The revamped Scheme of Community Development through
Polytechnics has been approved for operationalisation
in 703 polytechnics. Of these 479 Polytechnics are
those which were implementing the erstwhile Community Polytechnic Scheme.