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20 more IIITs to be set up

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NEW DELHI: The government will set up 20 IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology) in various parts of the country in close collaboration with industry associations. The Planning Commission had made a provision of Rs.100 crore for this.

Rajeeva Ratna Shah, Member Secretary, Planning Commission, said this on Thursday on the second day of Focus 2007, organised by Assocham.

The government would ensure broadband accessibility to almost every citizen in the countryside, covering 97 per cent of its geographical area latest by 2012.

Mr. Shah said these policy decisions were approved by the National Development Council (NDC) at its full-fledged meeting that concluded here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

However, he clarified that relevant industry associations would have to come forward with a blue-print for the proposed IIITs and that the government would not encourage any particular industrial house to take initiatives.

Industry associations with a clear-cut vision for such institutions would be entitled to receive a part of the allocations out of the Rs.100 crore in which education would be imparted for skill contents relating to nano IT/computing content, bio-IT/computing content, information security, telemedicine, telebanking and finance.

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