Lok Sabha Question No. 3768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Training Institutes in Plastic Industry
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS & PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3768 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2015

## TRAINING INSTITUTES IN PLASTIC INDUSTRY

## 3768 SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN

Will the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government promotes the plastic industry in the  country, if so, the details thereof;
- b) the details including names of the existing Institutes imparting training in plastic in the country, as on date;and
- c) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  set  up  more  institutes  to  train people in plastic, if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

- (a) For the promotion of the Plastic Industry in the country, Government has taken  various  industry  friendly  policy  initiatives  such  as  deregulation  of  the petrochemical  sector  and  allowing  100%  FDI  under  the  automatic  route  to facilitate fresh investments. The Department has approved a Scheme for setting up  of  need  based  Plastic  Parks  to  promote  the  domestic  downstream  plastic processing industry. A scheme of setting up 'Centres of Excellence (CoEs)' which aims at improving the existing petrochemical technology and research environment in the country and to promote the development of new applications of polymers and plastics has also been implemented.
- (b) Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), an autonomous academic and training institute under the Department of Chemicals &  Petrochemicals  caters  to  human  resource  and  training  requirements  of  the plastics and allied industries in the petrochemicals sector through its 23 centres spread  across  the  country  which  include  05  high  Learning  Centres  located  at Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow and Kochi, 11 Diploma Centres at Amritsar,  Aurangabad,  Bhopal,  Guwahati,  Haldia,  Hajipur,  Hyderabad,  Jaipur, Mysore,  Murthal and Imphal,  01 Vocational  Training Centre at    Bhubaneswar,

03  Specialized  Units  viz.  Advanced  Tooling  and  Plastics  Product  Development Centre  (ATPDC),  Madurai,  Advanced  Plastics  Processing  Technology  Centre (APPTC),  Balasore,  Plastic  Waste  Management  Centre  at  Guwahati,  02  R&D Wings at Chennai and Bhubaneswar and Polymer Data Services (PDS) centre at Gurgoan.

(c) Setting up of CIPET centres is a dynamic process based on the demand and growth of plastic industries and requisite infrastructural & financial support of the State Government. During 2015-16, the Government has approved setting up 05 Centres of CIPET  at Dharampur  (Gujarat), Baddi (HP), Bhopal (MP), Vijayawada (AP) and Hyderabad/Medak (Telangana). Further a Memorandum of Understanding  between  the  Department  of  Chemicals  and  Petrochemicals  and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been signed on 9 th  July, 2015 for strategic partnership on skill development to facilitate technology and financial collaboration for imparting employability skills in chemicals, petrochemicals and allied sector.

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