PPP Model in NER States
The proposal for establishment for new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) in Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode in the state of Assam, Tripura and Manipur at Guwahati, Bodhjungnagar and Senapati respectively have been approved by the Ministry of HRD. As per the approved Schemes the Capital Cost of each IIIT is Rs. 128 crore which is to be contributed in the ratio of 50:35:15 by the Central Government, the State Government and the industry respectively. In the North-Eastern states, the industry participation for capital expenditure will be kept at 7.5% and Central Government participation at 57.50% while State Governments at 35%.
In IIIT Guwahati, Assam, Academic Session has started during the Year 2013-14 with 60 seats in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE). An amount of Rs. 5.00 crores was released to this Institute in the F.Y 2013-14 and Rs. 2.95 crores in the F.Y 2014-15.
This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Lok Sabha question.
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SB/RK/PPP MODEL