The
Union Cabinet on 24th October 2017 approved a Rs. 7,002 crore plan
for construction of permanent campuses for six new IITs, to be completed by 31st
March 2020. Each campus will have facility for housing 1,200 students,
beginning from the academic year 2020-2021.
Currently,
these institutions are functioning from temporary campuses with a total
strength of 1,530 students. After construction of the campuses, this strength
will go up to 7,200.
The
Hon’ble Finance Minister in his Budget Speech 2014-15 had announced
establishment of five new IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir,
Goa and Chhattisgarh. Further, in the Budget Speech 2015-16,establishment of an
IIT in Karnataka was announced.
In
pursuance to the Budget announcements, the academic sessions in IITs at
Tirupati and Palakkad started in 2015-16 and in IITs at Dharwad, Bhilai, Jammu
and Goa in 2016-17, from their respective temporary campuses.
Background
The
Detailed Project Report (DPR) for construction of the permanent campuses was
prepared by a team from Mentor Institutes of these IITs, according to which Rs.
20304.88 cr. were solicited for construction of the permanent campuses over a
period of 7 years.
After
consultation with NITI Aayog, DST, DSIR, MEITY and D/o Expenditure, this
proposal was considered by EFC in its meeting held on 17-7-2017. The EFC
recommended Phase-A of the proposal at an outlay of Rs. 7002.42 cr. for
3 years beginning 2017-18 as per the below break-up:
(Rs.
in cr.)
|
Year
|
Civil Works
|
Recurring
|
Equipment/
furniture
|
Total
|
|
2017-18
|
958.75
|
120.42
|
1.53
|
1080.70
|
|
2018-19
|
2033.98
|
178.20
|
560.70
|
2772.88
|
|
2019-20
|
2158.89
|
286.44
|
703.51
|
3148.84
|
|
Total
|
5151.62
|
585.06
|
1265.74
|
7002.42
|
The
EFC also gave in-principle approval for the Phase-B at a cost of Rs.
13306.46 cr. over a period of 4 years beginning 2020-21. Approval for Phase-B
will be taken up after reviewing the progress under Phase-A. The funds
remaining unspent out of those approved for temporary campuses will be subsumed
in the cost of Phase-A.
Accordingly,
approval of the Cabinet was sought for:
·
Establishment
of permanent campuses of the six IITs at a total cost of Rs.7002.42 cr. over a
period of 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 under Phase-A.
·
Creation
of the post of Director and Registrar in each of these IITs in line with the
Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
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