The Centre will render all help to the Andhra Pradesh Government in developing higher educational institutions in the State after bifurcation, according to Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani.
She was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the National Institute of Technology (NIT). Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Sujana Chowdhary, and AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu also participated in the programme.
Funds allocation
She said the Centre would allocate Rs. 700 crore for the establishment of the IIT at Tirupati, Rs. 300 crorefor the NIT at Tadepalligudem and Rs. 680 crore for the IIM at Visakhapatnam.
The NIT here would have 480 seats and it would be temporarily housed in a local engineering college. She added that technology should be used for improving agriculture.
Venkaiah Naidu said all promises made to AP would be fulfilled and the approach of the Congress Party was reprehensible.
He accused the Congress of dividing the State in a hurry, without addressing many complex problems. He said an exercise was on with regard to granting special status to AP.
Chandrababu Naidu thanked the Union Ministers and expressed confidence that the Centre would extend all help to AP. The mega Polavaram project on the Godavari would be completed in four years and there would be no water problem for West Godavari.
Source : Business Line
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