The Bihar Cabinet has approved a project worth over Rs 4,606 crore for modernisation and urgradation of 149 state-owned Industrial Training Institutes to Centres of Excellence (CoEs).
The project will be executed in collaboration with Tata Technologies.
The state government will soon sign a memorandum of association (MoA) with Tata Technologies in this regard. The company will spend 88 percent of the cost and the rest 12 percent will be borne by the state government to modernise the ITIs to impart advanced training to youths.
Tata Technologies has agreed to upgrade all 149 government-owned ITIs across the state.
Sixty of them have their buildings and other necessary infrastructure and these will be modernised in the Phase-I by March 2022.
The exercise for the remaining 89 facilities will be completed by March 2023.
