Local Languages

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism Shri Shripad Yesso Naik has said that the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) was established to coordinate the development of Indian languages to bring about the essential unity of Indian languages through Scientific studies, promote inter-disciplinary research, contribute to mutual enrichment of languages and thus contribute towards emotional integration of the people of India. 

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Naik said, CIIL is also mandated to advise Central and State Governments on language matters. CIIL has stated that globalisation is not directly killing local languages. It is true that globalization is affecting languages in the sense that many languages under pressure are losing oral literature and words related to culture, especially, food items, dress and ornaments, rituals, flora and fauna, etc., but globalisation is not the cause of language death. When the speakers of a language start to realize that their language does not have a global functionality, i.e., they feel that their language is unable to take them from their local and marginal standpoint to the global mainstream they might begin to abandon it or shift towards a stronger language. Under globalization, interaction of cultures brings about a lot of pressure on languages in the sense that languages which co-exist on different levels and for different functions come together, and as they do, they begin to compete against each other for speakers. So, such languages that speakers find to be of limited potential at the global stage, if abandoned they might come under threat or even die. Under the pressure of globalization, the domains of use of some languages are shrinking with a result that many Indian languages have become threatened and even endangered. A language dies when its speakers die. For example, a language of Andaman and Nicobar islands, namely, Aka-Bo has died recently when its last speaker died in 2010. 

The Minister said, the Government of India through CIIL has initiated a scheme known as ‘Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages of India’. Under this scheme, CIIL is documenting all the languages used by the tribal and non-tribal people and non-scheduled languages/ mother tongues spoken by less than ten thousand persons. The Institute is already documenting 70 such languages/mother tongues spoken in various States. 

Electrification of Villages and Hamlets

The Government is implementing Decentralised Distributed Generation (DDG) under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) for electrification of villages where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. In XII Plan period, DDG has also been extended to the grid connected area where supply of electricity is less than 6 hours a day. Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) can be from conventional or renewable sources such as Biomass, Biofuels, Biogas, Mini hydro, Solar etc. Rs.900 crore as subsidy has been earmarked for DDG projects. However, the allocation under DDG would be flexible to meet any additional requirements within the overall cost of the scheme. DDG scheme provides a subsidy towards 90% of the project cost. The balance 10% is to be arranged by the Implementing Agency at their own or arrange from any FI/REC. 

The Minister further stated that Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has been implementing Remote Village Electrification (RVE) Programme for providing financial support for lighting/basic electrification in those remote unelectrified census villages and unelectrified hamlets of electrified census villages where grid extension is not found feasible by the State Governments and hence are not covered under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Such villages are provided basic facilities for lighting/electricity through various renewable energy sources. Under the Programme, Central Financial Assistance of up to 90% of the costs of systems, subject to pre specified maximum amount, is provided for approved projects to the states. The balance cost of projects is financed through contribution from State Plans, beneficiaries, or other sources. 

The Minister further stated that during the last 5 years, REC has sanctioned 775 DDG projects for a total project cost of Rs.349.38 crore in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha. Out of these 775 projects, 164 projects have already been commissioned and remaining are at the various stages of Tendering & Execution. REC has so far disbursed an amount of Rs.43.68 crore for the implementation of the DDG projects. The RVE scheme is based on proposal submitted by states for coverage of left out villages/hamlets from the RGGVY Scheme of Ministry of Power; therefore, target is not relevant. During the last five years, 3704 number of villages and hamlets have been sanctioned and around 259.60 Crore fund has been released to various states under the programme, the Minister added. 

Licensing of Ships

In a significant step the Ministry of Shipping has decided that life time licences will be issued to Indian Ships and any other ship charted by an Indian citizen or an Indian company instead of such licences being renewed every year as of now. The decision approved by the Minster for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari also provides for all the five Registrars of Ships at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkatta, Goa and Cochin to issue such licenses under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act,1958. Such licences will be issued with a life time fee now instead of annual fee but the licence will be co-terminus with the certificate of Registry of the Ship. A ship is registered by the Principal Officers of Mercantile Marine Departments (MMD) of the DG (Shipping) who are designated Registrars of Ships by the DG (Shipping). They would now get powers to issue life time licences also. 

The decision will be of immense help to the sea going Indian and other vessels engaged in coastal trading as the process is decentralised and liberalised. Ship operators now need not undertake the exercise of taking the licence every year. 

Railways Takes Measures to Prevent Derailments

    Indian Railways takes following measures taken to prevent derailments:

·         Upgradation of Track Structure consisting of Pre Stressed Concrete (PSC) sleepers, 52 kg., high strength (90kg/mm2 ultimate tensile strength) rails on concrete sleepers, fanshaped layout on PSC sleepers, Steel Channel Sleepers on girder bridges adopted on most of the routes.

·         Track structure is being standardized with 60 kg rails and PSC sleepers on all the Broad Gauge routes, especially on high density routes, to reduce fatigue of rails under higher axle-load traffic.

·         New construction and replacement is done with PSC sleepers only.

·         Long rail panels of 260 Meters/130 Meters length are being manufactured at the steel plants to minimize number of welded joints.

·         Reduction in Thermit welded joints on rails, use of SPURT Cars for Rail flaw detection.

·         All rails and welds are ultrasonically tested as per laid down periodicity.

·         Progressively shifting to flash butt welding which is superior in quality compared to Alumino Thermit (AT) welding.

·         Progressive use of modern track maintenance machines viz. Tie Tamping, Ballast Cleaning Machines, Track Recording Cars, Digital Ultrasonic Flaw Detectors, Self Propelled Ultrasonic Rail Testing Cars, etc.

·         Two, Rail Grinding Machines are being procured.  Rail Grinding and rail lubrication for enhanced rail life and reliability has been recently introduced.

·         Electronic monitoring of track geometry is carried out to detect defects and plan maintenance.

·         Modern Bridge inspection techniques for determining health of the bridges.

·         Introduction of Wheel impact Load Detector (WILD).

·         Regular patrolling of railway tracks at vulnerable locations including night patrolling and intensifying patrolling during foggy weather.

·         To minimize effects of accidents, LHB coaches with Centre Buffer Couplers and having anti-climbing features, are being inducted in the fleet of coaching stock of Indian Railways.

New Institutions of Higher Education

The Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Irani stated in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question today that as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, the Government of India shall take steps to establish one Indian Institute of Management (IIM), one Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), one National Institute of Technology (NIT), one Central University and a Tribal University, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), one Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), a Petroleum University, one Agriculture University, one National Institute of Disaster Management and an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) type of institute, in the successor state of Andhra Pradesh. In the state of Telangana, one Horticulture University and one Tribal University are proposed to be established as per the Act. Details of locations and budgetary provisions for these institutions are yet to be finalised. 

In addition to the above, the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech, 2014-15 has announced setting up four new Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) in the States of Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala. Besides these, IIMs are proposed to be established in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab. AIIMS type of institutions, are also proposed to be set up, one each in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Two institutions of excellence like the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Assam and Jharkhand, one Agriculture University in the State of Rajasthan and one Horticulture University in the State of Haryana are also proposed. A Jai Prakash Narayan National Centre for Excellence in Humanities in Madhya Pradesh is also proposed to be set up. Details of locations and budgetary provisions are yet to be finalised. 

Demarcation for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

The assets and liabilities of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telagana are apportioned as per Part VI (Sections 47 to 67) of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. As per Section 47(4) of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, any dispute regarding the amount of financial assets and liabilities shall be settled through mutual agreement, failing which by order by the Central Government on the advice of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

This was stated by Shri Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri Asaduddin Owaisi in the Lok Sabha

Reduction in MBBS Seats

After assessment of the medical colleges by the assessor appointed by MCI, the assessment reports have been considered by the Executive Committee of the Council. On perusal of the assessment report when the Executive Committee found that wherever the assessment report is in order as per MSR/provisions /regulations of the Council, the committee recommends for approval to the Central Government. However, wherever the Executive Committee noted that as per assessment report there are deficiencies in the medical college and does not meet the requirement prescribed by the MCI as per minimum standard requirements regulation, the Council recommends to the Central Government for disapproval of permission to such medical colleges.

MCI had recommended for disapproval of 118 medical colleges for renewal of permission for admission in 8567 MBBS seats for the academic session     2014-15. The Ministry has forwarded the compliance reports submitted by the concerned medical colleges to MCI for review and the same were placed before the Executive Committee of the Council at the meeting held on 08.07.2014 and 12.07.2014. Subsequently, MCI has recommended for renewal of permission for 73 cases with 4747 MBBS seats. The MCI has recommended for disapproval of renewal of permission for 45 medical colleges with 3820 MBBS seats for the year 2014-15.

The State-wise details of medical colleges with MBBS seats for disapproval of renewal of permission to Medical Colleges for admission in MBBS seats during the year 2014-15 is given below:

S. No	State	Total No. of Medical Colleges	Total Disapproved Seats
1.	Andhra Pradesh	6	550
2.	Bihar	1	100
3.	Jharkhand	1	110
4.	Haryana	2	100
5.	Karnataka	8	450
6.	Kerala	4	400
7.	Madhya Pradesh	3	110
8.	Maharashtra	4	285
9.	Odisha	1	100
10.	Punjab	1	150
11.	Rajasthan	2	100
12.	Sikkim	1	50
13.	Tamil Nadu	5	750
14.	Uttar Pradesh	6	565
	Total	45	3820

However, MCI has recommended for establishment of 16 new medical colleges with intake capacity of 2050 MBBS seats and also recommended for increase of 600 MBBS seats in 10 existing medical colleges for the academic year 2014-15.

The Health Minister stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha 

Encouraging Private Investment to Reduce Post Harvest Losses

Creation of post harvest infrastructure including cold storages may reduce storage losses substantially by enhancing shelf life and availability of these perishables in lean seasons. Government is implementing various credit linked assistance programmes to encourage private investment for creation of post – harvest infrastructure including establishment of cold storages, processing units, pack houses, pre-cooling units, controlled atmosphere infrastructure, reefer vans and ripening chambers. Credit linked back ended subsidy at 35% of the project cost in general areas and at 50% in hilly and scheduled areas is available to entrepreneurs, cooperatives, FPOs and companies under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) of this Ministry. 

Besides, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MFPI) is implementing a scheme to provide integrated cold chain, value addition and preservation infrastructure facilities from farm gate to consumers. Assistance is available at 50% of total cost of plant & machinery and technical civil works in general areas and 75% in difficult areas subject to maximum of Rs.10.00 crore/ project. 

Further, Ministry of Commerce through Agricultural & Processed Food Products Expert Development Authority (APEDA) provides assistance at 25% for cost of cold chain equipment subject to a ceiling of Rs.10.00 lakh per beneficiary for the units related to export activity. 

This information was given today by the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in a written reply to Lok Sabha 

Instruction to Use Hindi

The Department of Official Language issues circulars from time to time for implementation of official language policy as per the Official Languages Act, 1963 and Official Languages Rules, 1976. In compliance to the same, D.O. No. 12015/13/2013-OL(Tech) dated 17.09.2013 has been issued. 

In continuation of the same, O.M. No. 12019/03/2014-O.L.(Deposited) dated 10.03.2014 has been issued to all Central Government Ministries / Departments / Subordinate Offices / Undertakings / Corporations / Banks and officials of Government of India to use Official Language Hindi or bilingual (Hindi and English) on official accounts of social media. It was also requested to issue necessary directions to all the attached/subordinate offices/undertakings etc. located in ‘A’ Region i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and UTs of Andaman & Nicobar islands. In compliance of the above Ministry of Home Affairs issued circular No 11020/01/2013-Hindi dated 27th May, 2014. From the above, it is quite clear that the circular issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs was applicable only to Central Government offices and employees working in Region ‘A’ and the same is not applicable to State Governments. 

The issuing of this circular is a part of routine official work. Hence, there appears no cause of apprehension for people in the non-Hindi speaking States. 

This was stated by Shri Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri C.N. Jayadeven in the Lok Sabha

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems

Pilot testing including Intensive Field Testing under Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) was initiated across the country in January 2012. The objectives of pilot testing were to identify bugs related to functioning of application, errors, adding or removing of mandatory fields, work flow, missing functionality, suggestion and enhancements. 

As an outcome of pilot testing of intensive field testing, total 2829 bugs in Core Application Software (CAS) were reported by States/UTs since January 2012. Out of these 2764 have been resolved by Software Development Agency (SDA) till date and the remaining 65 are under process by SDA/National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). 

The implementation activities like Site Preparation, Commissioning of Hardware, Network Provisioning etc. is going on in full fledged manner in all the States/UTs, except Rajasthan and Bihar where presently System Integrator is not on board. 

This was stated by Shri Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri Nagendra Kumar Pradhan in the Lok Sabha 

Employment Generation in Tourism Sector

          The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism Shri Shripad Yesso Naik has said that as per the 2nd Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) of India 2009-10 and subsequent estimation, the contribution of tourism to total employment of the Country during 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 was 10.17% (4.37% direct and 5.80% indirect), 10.78% (4.63% direct and 6.15% indirect) and 11.49% (4.94% direct and 6.55% indirect), respectively. 

          In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Naik said, the working Group on Tourism for 12th Five Year Plan, set up by the Planning Commission, has estimated the generation of additional employment of 24.5 million (direct and indirect) between  2010 and 2016. The steps taken by the Government to boost tourism in the country are given as below:

1.       Visa:

(a)     The Government announced Tourist Visa-on-Arrival in 2010. At present, it provides Tourist Visa on Arrival facility (TVoA) to the nationals of 12 countries namely Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Myanmar and South Korea. South Korea was added to this list on 15.04.2014.

(b)     The facility of TVoA was initially available at the international airport of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. However, with effect from 15 August, 2013 this facility has been extended through Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

(c)      The restriction of two-month gap on re-entry of foreign nationals coming to India on Tourist Visa and Tourist Visa on Arrival has been lifted.  

(d)     Ministry of Tourism organised a two day training program covering 450 officials of Bureau of Immigration handling Tourist Visa on arrival at Kochi, Chennai, Goa, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad Airports.

(e)      Tourist Visa on Arrival fee payment can now be made by credit cards.  Earlier it was only to be paid in rupees.

2.       Low Cost Airlines:

The Ministry of Tourism regularly interacts with the Ministry of Civil Aviation in matters pertaining to air connectivity to the tourist destinations and development and upgradation of airports. Government has identified development of low cost airports in the Tier II and Tier III cities as one of the thrust areas.

3.       Safety of Women Tourists:

The measures taken by the Ministry of Tourism towards safety and security of domestic and foreign tourists including women travelers are:

(a)     Grant of Central Financial Assistance to Governments of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for setting up of  Tourist  Facilitation and Security Organisation (TFSO)  on a pilot basis.

(b)     Adoption of code of conduct for Safe and Honourable Tourism which contains a set of guidelines to encourage tourism activities to be undertaken with respect to basic rights like dignity, safety and freedom from exploitation of both tourists and local residents, in particular women and children.

(c)      Letters have been written to all the Chief Ministers of the State Governments and Administrators of Union Territory Administrations to take immediate effective steps for ensuring conducive and friendly environment for all tourists and also request them to publicize the steps being taken/proposed to be taken to increase the sense of security amongst the present/ prospective visitors and also to counter the negative publicity.

(d)     In the wake of some unfortunate incidents involving foreign tourists, Ministry of Tourism has posted an advisory on its website www.incredibleindia.org.

(e)      Safety and Security of Tourists was discussed in the National Conference of State Tourism Ministers held on 18th July, 2013.

4.       Cleanliness and Hygiene:

To tackle the problem of hygiene and cleanliness at tourist destinations, the Ministry of Tourism has taken the initiative of launching the Campaign Clean India with a vision to ensure an acceptable level of cleanliness and hygiene practices at tourist destinations. This campaign is to be sustained though adoption and involvement of private and    public sector stakeholders as a part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

5.       Highway Facilities en route to tourist places:

Development of tourism infrastructure including wayside amenities is primarily undertaken by State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. Ministry of Tourism, however, provides financial assistance based on the proposals received from them subject to availability of funds and inter-se priority. The Ministry of Tourism accords high priority to the sanctioning of wayside amenities to the states/UTs during the prioritization of tourism infrastructure projects.

6.       Trained Language Speaking Guides:

Selection and Training of Regional Level Tourist Guides including linguist guides is an ongoing process and the Ministry conducts the training programmes through the Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management (IITTM) periodically based on the demand of guides and foreign tourist arrivals from a particular country to the respective region

7.  Rationalisation of Taxes:

(a)       The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and the State Governments of NCT of Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh has made an arrangement whereby taxes would be collected centrally at each of the four starting nodes at Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur and Agra in such a way that the taxes thus collected are apportioned and the tourist coach/car would be allowed unhindered movement in the Golden Triangle.

(b)     Empowered Committee of officers on the ‘Issue of National permit System’ for tourist buses and goods vehicles (below 7.5 tons) has been constituted.

(c)      Five Year Tax  Holiday for 2, 3 and 4 star category hotels located in all UNESCO declared World Heritage sites (except Mumbai and Delhi) for hotels operating w.e.f. 01.04.2008 to 31.03.2013.

(d)     Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) – Hotel and Tourism related industry declared as high priority industry and FDI up to 100% under the automatic route Enhancement of FAR in Delhi from 150 to 225 for hotels excluding Lutyens Zone.

(e)      An investment linked deduction Under Section 35 AD of the Income Tax Act had also been announced in the Union Budget 2010-2011 for establishing new hotels of 2 star category and above, all over India thus allowing 100% deduction in respect of the whole or any expenditure of capital nature excluding (land, goodwill and financial instruments) incurred during the year.

(f)      In a Notification dated October 7, 2013 the Ministry of Finance expended its “Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure Sub-Sectors” to include such hotels and Convention centres for benefit of Hospitality Industry. Hotels with a project cost of Rs.200 crore and above each at any place in India and of any star rating, and Convention Centre with a project cost of more than Rs.300 crores has been included in the Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure Sub-Sectors. This is equivalent to granting infrastructure status to the hospitality industry.

Festivals of India Abroad – Procedure for Selection of Dance Productions

The Festivals of India abroad were revived by the Ministry of Culture in 2013. Festivals of India have been conducted in Peru, Cuba, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and China since October 2013. In the year 2014, Festivals of India have been proposed in China, South Africa, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Mongolia and SAARC countries.

The dance festival is an integral part of the Festivals of India and represents the centrality of the entire event. Hitherto participation in the Festivals of India abroad by the Ministry of Culture was restricted to Kalakshetra Foundation and Sangeet Natak Akademy. While dance festivals were being conducted, a need was felt for procedural streamlining with regard to outsourced productions and transparent choices of artists and choreographers while maintaining international quality parameters. In this backdrop, the following procedural guidelines are laid down for selection of dance productions for Festivals of India abroad.

Guidelines for Selection of Dance Productions:

A.     Institutions under Ministry of Culture

The dance schools under the aegis of Ministry of Culture namely Kalakshetra Foundation, the Kathak Kendra, the Sattariya Kendra Guwahati and the Jawaharlal Nehru Dance Academy Imphal should present in-house productions  by their repertory  represented by students and faculty. Quality productions shall be identified for Festivals of India abroad. If outsourced choreographers are used, the copy-right of the dance production shall vest with the institutions, and the dancers used shall be from the institutions. However students shall be used and alumni will be encouraged in exceptional cases.

B.     Others

A two-step selection process for selection of dance productions  shall be put in place:The first step shall be to create a graded resources list of performing groups by a specialist committee;

The second step is recommendation of performances for Festivals of India abroad.

Preparation of the Graded Resource List:

The graded resources list including State Cultural Akademies shall be prepared on an bi-annual basis and updated on an bi-annual basis.

 The Kalakshetra Foundation Chennai, an institution of national importance shall be responsible for formulation of the graded resources list and its updation in the States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Orissa, Maharashtra, Goa, Chattisgarh, West Bengal, and Gujarat

The Sangeet Natak Akademy shall be responsible for formulation of the graded resources list and its updation in the States of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

The nominations for graded resources list are restricted to ballets. The nominations will be accompanied by bio-datas of artists, the publicity photographs along with costs of production.

Kalakshetra Foundation and the Sangeet Natak Akademy will seek nominations for the graded resource list from States identified against their names by adopting processes that will ensure adequate publicity. In seeking such nominations the Kalakshetra Foundation and Sangeet Natak Akademy will not be restricted to the grantee organizations of the Ministry of Culture but will try to be as inclusive as possible in identifying the best selections for depicting Indian culture abroad.

The Director Kalakshetra Foundation shall head the screening committee for screening nominations for States mentioned in para 5 (a) with Secretary Sangeet NAtak Akademy as a member comprising of 2 senior faculty members representing dance and music faculties of Kalakshetra Foundation.  The Secretary Sangeet Natak Akademy shall head the screening committee for screening nominations for States mentioned in para 5 (b) with Director Kalakshetra Foundation as member comprising of Director Kathak Kendra, Director Jawaharlal Nehru Dance Akademy, Imphal and Director Sattriya Academy Guwahati. Government shall nominate one official on each of the selection committees

Establishment of IIITs

Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Irani informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply to its question today that the Centrally funded IIITs, currently located at Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kancheepuram are fully funded by the Central Government through plan and non-plan allocations. The concerned State Government provides approximately 100 acres of land, free of cost and encumbrances. The capital cost of each IIIT is Rs. 128.00 Crore to be contributed in the ratio of 50:35:15 by the Central Government, the State Government and the industry respectively (57.5:35:7.5 in case of North-Eastern region). Concerned State Government will provide 50-100 acres of land, free of cost and encumbrances. 

Based on Public-Private-Partnership(PPP) model, the Union Cabinet approved a Scheme for setting up 20 New Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), on 7 December 2010, with an outlay of Rs. 2808.71 crores (Rs. 2558.71 crores for non-recurring, Rs. 200.00 crore for recurring expenditure and Rs. 50.00 crore for faculty development expenditure).