New skill centres to come up in the country

New Delhi: The government has planned to invest over Rs 7,500 crore for setting up 1,500 new ITIs and 5,000 skill development centres (SKC) in the country.

The government will set up each of the 1,500 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore, while it will spend Rs 75 lakh on every SKC.

The project will be done under the public private partnership (PPP) mode. The project will aslo cover states and private players who will provide funds for the new ITIs and SKCs.

The government expects the new 1,500 ITIs to serve about 1,576 blocks where industrial training is not available.