Big achievement for the youth of the state: Revenue Minister Shri Tank Ram Verma
Youth will get training as per the demand of local industries
Rs. 484.22 crore released for upgradation as Model ITI
Raipur, August 10, 2024
On the initiative of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, 160 ITIs of the state are being upgraded as model ITIs to provide employment to the youth of Chhattisgarh. For this, approval of Rs 484 crore 22 lakh has been issued by the Employment and Training Department. After upgradation to model ITI, the youth will be able to get training as per the demand of local industries.
Revenue Minister Shri Tank Ram Verma has described the upgradation into a model ITI as a big achievement for the youth of the state. He said that as per the wish of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, a plan has been prepared to upgrade the state’s ITI into model ITI. He informed that in the first phase of the plan, a three-year proposal of Rs 484.22 crore has been approved for 160 ITI’s of the state. The work of making the ITI located at Sakri in Balodabazar into a model ITI will start soon. For this, an amount of Rs 20 crore 13 lakh has been approved under the SIDBI scheme.
Revenue Minister Shri Tank Ram Verma informed that various trades of Sakri Government ITI of Balodabazar will be upgraded and infrastructure works will be done. Rs. 3 crore 23 lakh has been released for machine tools and equipment in Government Industrial Training Institute. This includes Rs. 1 crore 5 lakh for computer, hardware and network maintenance, Rs. 75 lakh for electrician, Rs. 46 lakh for fitter, Rs. 44 lakh for mechanic diesel and Rs. 53 lakh for welder. Similarly, in civil work, Rs. 3 crore 44 lakh has been approved for construction of new building of ITI, Rs. 7 lakh 42 thousand for guard room, Rs. 1 crore 25 lakh for parking of motor vehicles, Rs. 11 crore 78 lakh for construction of staff quarters and Rs. 34 lakh 80 thousand for entrance gate and boundary wall.
