(a) whether the Union Government has any proposal for setting up of more national
institutes of petroleum technology in near future in the country;and
(b) if so, the details thereof ?
(a) whether the Union Government has any proposal for setting up of more national
institutes of petroleum technology in near future in the country;and
(b) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) & (b) The Government is setting up the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT)
at Jais, Rae Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh as an ‘Institute of National Importance’ under the RGIPT Act,
2007. A centre of the Institute is being set up at Sibasagar, Assam. Presently, there is no proposal
for setting up of more national institutes of petroleum technology.