Question : CENTRES OF CIPET

(a) The number of centres of Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology in operation at present in the country, State-wise;

(b) whether these institutions are receiving aid from the World Bank;

(c) if so, the details of the aid received by them during the last three years;

(d) the number of such institutions likely to be opened during the Ninth Plan period; and

(e) the total amount likely to be received as aid from the World financing agencies?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SHRI RAMESH BAIS)

(a) There are 8 full-fledged Centres of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology(CIPET). These are located at:-

Ahmedabad(Gujarat),	Amritsar(Punjab),	Bhopal(Madhya Pradesh),	Bhubaneswar(Orissa),	Chennai(Tamil Nadu),	Hyderabad(Andhra Pradesh),	Lucknow(Uttar Pradesh) and	Mysore(Karnataka);