Lok Sabha Question No. 2473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Technology Development Centres
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: DHARAMBIR BHALERAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM  ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015

## TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

2473.        SHRI DHARAMBIR:

Will  the  Minister  of  MICRO,  SMALL  AND  MEDIUM    ENTERPRISES  be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  running  tool  rooms  and  technology development  centres  for  providing  technological  assistance  to  Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether there is no technology development centre in Haryana and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  opening  at  least  three technology development centres in Haryana?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a)&(b): Government of India in Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises runs 10 tool rooms and 8 technology development centres to provide  technological  and  skilled  manpower  support  to  the  industries particularly MSMEs. The details of tool rooms and technology development centres State-wise are given below:

- (I) Tool Rooms (10 nos.)

|   S.No. | Name of Tool Rooms                            | State in which located   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Central Tool Room & Training Centre , Kolkata | West Bengal              |
|       2 | Central Tool Room, Ludhiana                   |                          |
|       3 | Central Institute of Hand Tools, Jalandhar    | Punjab                   |
|       4 | Indo German Tool Room, Indore                 | Madhya Pradesh           |

|   5. | Indo German Tool Room, Ahmedabad                   | Gujarat     |
|------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|    6 | Indo German Tool Room, Aurangabad                  | Maharashtra |
|    7 | Indo Danish Tool Room, Jamshedpur                  | Jharkhand   |
|    8 | Central Tool Room and Training Centre, Bhubaneswar | Odisha      |
|    9 | Tool Room and Training Centre, Guwahati            | Assam       |
|   10 | Central Institute of Tool Design, Hyderabad        | Telangana   |

## (II) Technology Development Centres (8 nos.)

|   S.No | Name of Technology Development Centres                           | State in which located   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|      1 | Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre, Kannauj                | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      2 | Centre for the Development of Glass Industry, Firozabad          | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      3 | Process and Product Development Centre, Agra                     | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      4 | Process cum Product Development Centre, Meerut                   | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      5 | Central Footwear Training Institute, Agra                        | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      6 | Electronics Service and Training Centre, Ramnagar                | Uttarakhand              |
|      7 | Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments, Mumbai | Maharashtra              |
|      8 | Central Footwear Training Institute, Chennai                     | Tamilnadu                |

(c)&(d): At present, there is no Tool Room / Technology Development Centre run by Ministry of MSME in Haryana. However, Ministry of MSME have been implementing Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP) under  which  15  new  Technology  Centres  (Tool  Rooms  and  Technology Development  Centres)  are  to  be  established  in  the  country  and  the existing Technology Centres are to be upgraded. On the request of State Government  of  Haryana,  one  Technology  Centre  at  Rohtak  and  its Extension Centre at Saha (Ambala) have been approved under TCSP, to be implemented over a period of 6 years.

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