Sub-mission on Polytechnics under Coordinated Action for Skill Development
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The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched a Nation wide Scheme on “Sub-Mission on Polytechnics” under Co-ordinated Action for Skill Development in order to augment Skilled Manpower requirement in the country by providing assistance to State Govts. Under the scheme, about 1000 new Polytechnics are to be setup in various parts of the Country with emphasis to cater to the needs of un-served, underserved areas and disadvantaged sections of the Society. 2. Of the 1000 Polytechnics, 300 polytechnics are to be set up with a one time central grant of Rs.12.3 crore per polytechnic to meet the capital cost. Similarly, about 300 polytechnics would be set up under Private Public Partnership (PPP) mode with partial funding of Rs.3.00 crore per polytechnic from the Central Government. The rest 400 polytechnics would be set up through private funding. 3. Besides the financial support for the setting up new polytechnics, it has also been decided to strengthen the existing polytechnic system by granting funds upto Rs.2.00 crores per polytechnic for 500 polytechnics. As one of the components to incentivise the skill development among Women, grants are also proposed for construction of Women Hostel in more than 500 polytechnics at the cost of Rs.1.00 crore each. 4. To provide skilled personnel at grass-root level as well as to facilitate appropriate technology transfer to the local community, under the revised scheme of community polytechnics, it is proposed to cover about 1000 polytechnics is at a cost of Rs.737.82 crores. 5. The total outlay for the entire scheme is Rs.6828 crores to be spent during 11th and 12th Plan period. 6. *** AD/SH/SKS/CS