Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced that the government will set up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Karnataka as well as Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh .
"In the fiscal year 2015-16, I propose to set up an IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) in Karnataka, and upgrade Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad into a full-fledged IIT," Jaitley said while presenting the Union Budget in Lok Sabha.
The minister, who gave his speech for over one and a half hours, also proposed to set up a Post Graduate Institute of Horticulture Research and Education in Amritsar.
"IIMs will be setup in Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh. In Kerala, I propose to upgrade the existing National Institute of Speech and Hearing to a university of Disability Studies and Rehabilitation," he said.
Jaitley said that in his budget speech in July 2014, he had indicated his intention to have one major central institute in each state.
He also proposed three new National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, one each in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
"...and an Institutes of Science and Education Research in Nagaland and Odisha. I also propose to set up a centre for film production, animation and gaming in Arunachal Pradesh, for the north-eastern states and Apprenticeship Training Institute for Women in Haryana and Uttarakhand," he said.
The finance minister said he proposed "to set up a fully IT based Student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor scholarship as well as educational loan schemes through the Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram", so that poor and middle class students can pursue higher education of their choice without any fund constraints.
"We will ensure that no student misses out on higher education for lack of funds," he said.
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