Question : SETTING UP OF NEW ITIS

(a) Whether the Government has any plan to establish Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the country including the Left Wing Extremism districts of Orissa and the minority concentrated areas of Kerala;

(b) If so, the present status thereof alongwith the time-frame within which the necessary approval will be accorded for the purpose;

(c) The details,the locations and the numbers of such institutes to be opened in the country including Gujarat,Kerala and Uttar Pradesh State-wise;

(d) Whether the Government proposes to set up such institutes through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode;

(e) if so, the details thereof ; and

(f) If not, the details of the manner in which the Government proposes to set up such institutes ?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI HARISH RAWAT)

(a) to (f) A scheme for setting up ITIs in the districts affected by Left Wing Extremism is under consideration of the Government.

For minority concentrated areas of Kerala, seven ITIs are being strengthened.

A scheme for setting up of new ITIs under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode is also under consideration of the Government.