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Colleges to be set up under PPP model in Chhattisgarh's remote areas

According to officials, the state government will provide at least 10 acres on a 30-year lease at a concessional rate of 50 per cent

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Besides, once in three years an ad hoc grant is given for building an extension, furniture, and equipment up to a maximum of Rs 500,000

R Krishna Das Raipur
The Chhattisgarh government will run colleges in backward areas and places difficult to access under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

The Cabinet has passed a proposal on this.

Officials in the higher education department said the move was part of a number of innovations taken up by the Bhupesh Baghel government in education.

“Opening colleges on the PPP model in Chhattisgarh is an innovation for the state because no such scheme has been implemented in the past. None of the existing private colleges is operating under the arrangement provisioned in the proposed scheme,” an official said.

Under the Madhya Pradesh