Lok Sabha Question No. 3069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: NIFT
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse, Amar Singh

## 3069.   SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE: DR. AMAR SINGH:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  new  National  Institute  of  Fashion  Technology (NIFT) in the country in view of the increasing demands in the field of textile and apparels;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  budget  and  location  proposed  for  the  new  institutes  of NIFT, State-wise including Punjab;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  addition  of  new  courses  in  NIFT  keeping  in  view  the recent trends in apparels and costumes; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to set up more such centres in the country, along with timeline fixed and budget allocated?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्त्म ृ तत ज़ू बिन इरानी

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b): Requests  of  concerned  State  Governments  for  setting  up  of  new  National  Institute  of Fashion  Technology  (NIFT)  campuses  at  Panchkula  (Haryana)  and  Ranchi  (Jharkhand)  have  been approved by the Board of Governors of NIFT. At present, NIFT has 16 Campuses all over India, as given below:

|   S. No | NIFT Campuses   | State            |
|---------|-----------------|------------------|
|       1 | Bengaluru       | Karnataka        |
|       2 | Bhopal          | Madhya Pradesh   |
|       3 | Bhubaneswar     | Odisha           |
|       4 | Chennai         | Tamil Nadu       |
|       5 | Gandhinagar     | Gujarat          |
|       6 | Hyderabad       | Telangana        |
|       7 | Jodhpur         | Rajasthan        |
|       8 | Kangra          | Himachal Pradesh |
|       9 | Kannur          | Kerala           |
|      10 | Kolkata         | West Bengal      |
|      11 | Mumbai          | Maharashtra      |
|      12 | New Delhi       | Delhi            |
|      13 | Patna           | Bihar            |
|      14 | Raebareli       | Uttar Pradesh    |
|      15 | Shillong        | Meghalaya        |
|      16 | Srinagar        | Jammu &Kashmir   |

## )

## NIFT

Ministry  of  Textiles  received  various  communications  from  State  Government  of  Punjab  vide letters  dated  05.05.2010,  24.02.2011,  30.06.2011,  15.11.2011  and  10.10.2013 for  merger  of  its institute, Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT), Mohali along with two centres at  Ludhiana  and  Jalandhar  with  NIFT,  Delhi.  Further,  the  Ministry  also  received  a  letter  on 03.09.2013 from the then Minister for Information and Broadcasting for setting up of NIFT at Ludhiana.

In response, policy for establishing of NIFT Campus was shared with State Government and it was  requested  to  submit  the  proposal  as  per  this  policy  vide  letter  dated  19.11.2012.  Further, Board of Governors (BOG) of NIFT on representations from the State Government of Punjab had deliberated on 13.2.2013 and directed to explore the possibility of merging NIIFT Mohali campus for granting NIFT degrees and having its Jalandhar & Ludhiana Centres as Extension Centres for Advances Certificate and Diploma courses. The same was communicated to DG-NIIFT Mohali by DG-NIFT vide letter dated 01.03.2013 with request to get back with the proposal. However, no proposal was received from the State Govt. of Punjab as per policy of opening of new NIFT Campus or as per the decision of BOG taken on 13.02.2013.

(c): In  view  of  the  recent  trends  of  apparels  and  costumes,  and  based  on  the  feasibility  study conducted by NIFT, the following Under Graduate Programmes will be introduced by NIFT at its existing two NIFT campuses from academic session 2020-21.

## NIFT Shillong

- 1)  Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)
- 2)  Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

## NIFT Bhopal

- 1)  Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)
- 2)  Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)
- 3)  Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

The above programmes will be in addition to the existing programmes already running at these campuses.

(d): As  per  National  Institute  of  Fashion  Technology  (NIFT)  Policy  for  establishment  of  new campuses,  the  proposal  is  required  to  be  submitted  by  the  respective  State  Government  along  with following commitments:

- (i) 20-30 acres of land;
- (ii) Rs. 150-200 crore for construction of Campus at the price rates of CPWD for 2011-12;
- (iii) Rs.  30  crore  for  provision  of  equipments,  machines  and  furniture  at  the  price  rates  of 2011-12;
- (iv) Annual revenue grants to adjust revenue deficit, till the Campus becomes financially viable.

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