Shri Salman Khurshid to LAY Foundation Stone of an ITI at Lilong in the Minority Concentration District of Thoubal, Manipur, under Multi-Sectoral Development Programme for the Welfare of Minoritie

Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Minority Affairs, will lay the Foundation Stone of an Industrial Training Institute ( I T I ), at Lilong in the Thoubal District of Manipur on 9th February, 2010. The Chief Minister of Manipur will also grace the occasion. Thoubal is one of the six Minority Concentration Districts ( MCDs ) of Manipur, where the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is running the Multi-sectoral Development Programme ( MsDP ) for the welfare of Minorities. District Plans of all these six MCDs have already been approved by the Ministry.

ITI at Lilong has been approved for Rs 7.91 crore under MsDP . Half of the approved amount for this ITI has already been released as the first installment to Manipur Government.

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