New Delhi: In a major boost to the education sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday proposed setting up of five new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). He also proposed setting up of 12 new medical colleges.
Jaitley has proposed the setting up of five new IITs in Jammu, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Prdaesh and Kerala. The five new IIMs will be set up in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtra and Odisha.
The Finance Minister has also proposed to set up a Centre of Excellence in Madhya Pradesh named after Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan. He added that the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune will be accorded the status of 'Institute of National Importance'.
Jaitley has also proposed setting up of four more All India Institutes of Medical Sciences in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Vidarbha (Maharashtra) and Purvanchal (Uttar Pradesh) and has set aside Rs 500 crore for the same. "I will try to see that an AIIMS is created in each state. As of now I propose to set up 4 more AIIMS institutions," Jaitley said.
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