(a) whether there is a training institute in Eastern Railway which has its own building instructors and several laboratories for imparting training to Trade Apprentices and First Class Special Apprentices;
(b) whether the said institute has been praised by a team from Japan; and
(c) if so, the reasons for making this institute disfunctional during the last few days?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI O. RAJAGOPAL)
(a) Yes sir, there is an Indian Railways Institute of
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering at Jamalpur in
Eastern Railway for imparting training to Special Class
Railway Apprentices, serving and probationary officers
and supervisors of mechanical department of Indian
Railways. Trade Apprentices are not trained at this
institute. The training institute has adequate
infrastructure and other facilities.
(b) A team from Japan had visited the institute in 1987.
(c) The institute has not been made dysfunctional.