(a) whether the various State Governments including Karnataka have
submitted any proposals for financial assistance for establishment of
Hospitality Education Programme;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM (SHRI SULTAN AHMED)
(a),(b)&(c): The Ministry of Tourism has a plan scheme under which
Central Financial Assistance (CFA) can be sanctioned to a State/Union
Territory Government upto a ceiling of Rs.12.00 crores for establishment of
an Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) and Rs.4.75 crores for a Food Craft
Institute (FCI). In addition, for broad-basing of hospitality education, CFA
can be sanctioned upto a ceiling of Rs.2.00 crore for government sponsored
Industrial Training Institutes, Polytechnics, Colleges, Public Sector
Undertakings and Rs.25.00 lakhs for Schools subject to availability of funds,
adherence to the terms and conditions of the scheme guidelines and their
inter-se priority.
The details of the IHM and FCI projects sanctioned during the 11th Plan
may be seen in the Annexure.