(a) whether the Government has received some proposals from the State Governments particularly
from Andhra Pradesh for setting up of a School of Planning & Architecture;
(b) if so, the details and status thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government of Andhra Pradesh has offered about 100 acres of land for the
construction of the said school at Vijayawada, Krishna District;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the time by when it is likely to be approved?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (e) The Planning Commission has given approval `in-principle` to set up two new Schools
of Planning and Architecture(SPAs) during the XIth Plan. These Schools will be set up by the
Central Government at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The State
Governments of Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have since identified 100 acres of land in
Bhopal and Vijayawada respectively for setting up of these Schools. The State Government of
Tamil Nadu has also requested for opening two such Schools, at Chennai and Coimbatore. However,
there is no proposal at present to open more such Schools during the XIth Plan.