Question : ITIS IN NER

(a) the total number of ITIs, both Government and private, in the North-Eastern Region, State-wise;

(b) whether the number of ITIs is sufficient to meet the requirement of the people of the region;

(c) if not, whether the Government has any plan to set up more ITIs in the region;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the same are likely to be set up, State-wise;

(e) whether the Government proposes to explore the Public Private Partnership (PPP) route for estab- lishing ITIs in NER; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) The state-wise break-up of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in North-Eastern Region is given below:

 
 S.	Name of	Number of	Number of	Total N.	State/UTs	Govt. ITIs	Pvt. ITIs	ITIs 
 1	ARUNACHAL	5	1	6	PRADESH 2	ASSAM	30	4	34 3	MANIPUR	7	0	7 4	MEGHALAYA	5	2	7 5	MIZORAM	1	0	1 6	NAGALAND	8	0	8 7	TRIPURA	12	1	13 8	SIKKIM	4	0	4	TOTAL	72	8	80 
 
 
 (b) to (d) No, Madam. Skill Development Infrastructure in North East Region is not sufficient to meet the re- quirement of the people in the region. Government has taken steps to established new ITIs in the region which is a continuous process. 
 
 (e) & (f) Due to comparatively low availability of Private Partners in North Eastern Region (NER), at present there is no finalized plan to establish to ITIs in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.