(a) whether the Government has decided to set up new National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in various States of the country including Uttar Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, location-wise;
(c) the funds likely to be allocated for the purpose; and
(d) the time by which such NITs are likely to be established?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (b): During the 11th Five Year Plan, ten new National Institutes of Technology (NITs) have been established so as to have one each in all the major States / UTs. The details are at Annexure. The State of Uttar Pradesh has an NIT functioning at Allahabad.
(c) to (d): An amount of `500.00 crore was provided under the scheme of Setting up of new National Institutes of Technology (NITs) including Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology at Malda during the 11th Five Year Plan. The projection under the scheme during the 12th Five Year Plan is to the tune of `3000.00 crore. All the ten new NITs started their first academic session from the year 2010 – 2011 onwards with an annual intake of 90 students in each of the new NITs.