Lok Sabha Question No. 3255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Technology Development Centres
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF MICRO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3255**

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.08.2015

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

3255.	 SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises be pleased to state:

1. whether the Government runs tool rooms and technology development centres to provide technological support to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country;

1. if so, the details thereof, including the  number of tool rooms and technology development centres, State-wise;

1. whether there is no technology development centre in Andhra Pradesh; and

1. if so, the steps taken by the Government to open at least three technology centres in the Andhra Pradesh State?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL  MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

(SHRI KALRAJ MISHRA)

1. Yes, Madam.

1. The Tool Rooms and Technology Development Centres provide common facility services and conduct skill development training programmes in their respective areas. The details of 18 Tool Rooms and Technology Development Centres (State-wise )  are given in the Annexure-A.

1. Yes, Madam.

1. Government have approved the Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP) under which 15 new Technology Centres are to be established with World Bank assistance, over a period of 6 years.  Pudi, Distt. Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) has been identified by the State Government as one of the locations for setting up a new Technology Centre under TCSP.

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**Annexure-A**

**Annexure referred to in answer to Part-(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3255 for answer on 10.08.2015.**

Details of Tool Rooms and Technology Development Centres (State-wise) in the country:

| **S.no.**                                    | **Name of State**   | **Name of Tool Room / Technology Development Centre**                     |
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Tool Rooms (10 Nos.)**                     |                     |                                                                           |
| 1.                                           | Odisha              | Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar                   |
| 2.                                           | Jharkhand           | Indo Danish Tool Room (IDTR), Jamshedpur                                  |
| 3.                                           | West Bengal         | Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC), Kolkata                       |
| 4.                                           | Assam               | Tool Room & Training Centre (TRTC), Guwahati                              |
| 5.                                           | Maharashtra         | Indo German Tool Room (IGTR), Aurangabad                                  |
| 6.                                           | Madhya Pradesh      | Indo German Tool Room (IGTR), Indore                                      |
| 7.                                           | Gujarat             | Indo German Tool Room (IGTR), Ahmedabad                                   |
| 8.                                           | Punjab              | Central Tool Room (CTR), Ludhiana                                         |
| 9                                            |                     | Central Institute of Hand Tools (CIHT), Jalandhar                         |
| 10.                                          | Telangana           | Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD), Hyderabad                        |
| **Technology Development Centres (08 Nos.)** |                     |                                                                           |
| 11.                                          | Maharashtra         | Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments (IDEMI),  Mumbai |
| 12.                                          | Uttarakhand         | Electronics Service & Training Centre (ESTC), Ramnagar                    |
| 13.                                          | Tamilnadu           | Central Footwear Training Institute(CFTI) , Chennai                       |
| 14.                                          | Uttar Pradesh       | Process and  Product Development Centre (PPDC), Agra                      |
| 15.                                          |                     | Process cum Product Development Centre (PPDC), Meerut                     |
| 16.                                          |                     | Central Footwear Training Institute(CFTI), Agra                           |
| 17.                                          |                     | Fragrance & Flavour Development Centre(FFDC), Kannauj                     |
| 18.                                          |                     | Centre for Development of Glass Industries (CDGI), Firozabad              |

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