Twenty-two government-run polytechnics are expected to come up in more than 10 districts of Orissa in 2010-11. These polytechnics will come up in those districts which are not yet served by the government polytechnics. The districts include Boudh Gajapati, Nabarangpur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Koraput, Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj and Balasore to name a few.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Department of Higher Education of the Government of India has sanctioned Rs 12.3 crore for each polytechnic. Out of Rs 12.3 crore sanctioned for each polytechnic, Rs 8 crore will be spent on civil works and Rs 4.3 crore will be spent on equipment, machinery, furniture and learning resource material.
The amount for the proposed polytechnics would be released in installments under the Scheme of Submission on Polytechnics under Coordinated Action for Skill Development.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Labour and Employment of the Government of India has also decided to set up 91 new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and 415 Skill Development Centres (SDCs) in Orissa on the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
While the Orissa government would provide basic infrastructural support for these ITIs and SDCs including free land with proper power, water and road connectivity, the Centre would provide Viability Gap Funding.
The proposed ITIs would have 250 trainees per shift running about 10 demand driven trades. An estimated Rs 6 crore would be spent towards infrastructural development on each of these ITIs. The proposed SDCs would be smaller centres of vocational training with seating capacity of about 300 persons per shift per annum to meet the skill training needs of the locals. About Rs 50 lakh would be invested on equipment and machineries for these SDCs.
Expressions of Interest would be invited from the training providers to operationalise these proposed ITI s and SDCs on the PPP mode.
Moreover, the government of India has decided to upgrade 1396 government ITIs across the country on the public, private partnership (PPP) mode through an interest free loan of Rs 2.5 crore.
