Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Polytechnics under Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 259 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## POLYTECHNICS UNDER SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## 259.   SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state :

- (a) the number of polytechnics set up in the country under the Skill Development Mission, State-wise and district-wise, including Jharkhand; and
- (b) whether Government propose to have collaboration with global education providers to improve the quality, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE)

- (a) A scheme 'Sub-Mission on Polytechnics under Coordinated Action for Skill Development'  has  been  launched  during  the  11 th Plan.  The  scheme  has  recently  been transferred  from  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  to  this  Ministry.  Under  the scheme, Government of India provides one-time financial assistance upto Rs.12.30 crores per polytechnic to the State/UT Governments for setting up of new polytechnics in 300 unserved and under-served districts of the country including Jharkhand. State-wise number of these 300 districts is given at Annexure .
- (b) The polytechnics are continuously encouraged to adopt and implement best international practices for improving the quality of technical education.

## Annexure as referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question no. 259 due for reply 18.12.2017

## State-wise detail of 300 unserved and under-served districts

| S. No.   | State/UT                  | No. of eligible districts for Polytechnics   |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| (1)      | (2)                       | (3)                                          |
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 2                                            |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh            | 1                                            |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 14                                           |
| 4.       | Assam                     | 21                                           |
| 5.       | Bihar                     | 34                                           |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh              | 11                                           |
| 7.       | Daman & Diu               | 1                                            |
| 8.       | Delhi                     | 5                                            |
| 9.       | Gujarat                   | 5                                            |
| 10.      | Haryana                   | 7                                            |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh          | 5                                            |
| 12.      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 18                                           |
| 13.      | Jharkhand                 | 17                                           |
| 14.      | Lakshadweep               | 1                                            |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh            | 21                                           |
| 16.      | Maharashtra               | 2                                            |
| 17.      | Manipur                   | 8                                            |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                 | 4                                            |
| 19.      | Mizoram                   | 6                                            |
| 20.      | Nagaland                  | 8                                            |
| 21.      | Odisha                    | 22                                           |
| 22.      | Punjab                    | 7                                            |
| 23.      | Rajasthan                 | 15                                           |
| 24.      | Sikkim                    | 2                                            |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu                | 7                                            |
| 26.      | Tripura                   | 3                                            |
| 27.      | Uttar Pradesh             | 41                                           |
| 28.      | Uttarakhand               | 1                                            |
| 29.      | West Bengal               | 11                                           |
|          | Total                     | 300                                          |