Setting up of a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Centre at Rae Bareli
	13:37 IST

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up of a Centre of NIFT at Rae Bareli as a full-fledged Centre like seven other NIFT Centres already functioning in the country. The infrastructure and other facilities at the full-fledged Centre of NIFT, Rae Bareli would ease pressure on existing Delhi NIFT Centre and minimize the regional mismatch between the number of seats available and the number of applicants based on present locations of NIFT Centres. It would also meet the requirement of additional seats on account of implementation of OBC reservation as and when it is implemented. NIFT, Rae Bareli Centre would be first Centre to be set up in any backward areas of the country. ***** NSK/JS/MS