Grant demands of Chhattisgarh Government's Revenue and Calamity Management, Rehabilitation,Higher Education, Skill Development, Technical Education, Employment and Science Technology Department for fiscal year 2017-18 were passed with voice vote in Chhattisgarh Assembly on Wednesday.
Nearly `3076.21 crore have been provisioned for the aforesaid departments.
Minister Prem Prakash Pandey while informing House members about the budget provisions made for his departments said that `1943.06 crore have been provisioned in the new budget for works related to land records of Revenue Department, District Administration, Government Printing Press, Rehab and Relief and Calamity Management.
He informed that in the Higher Education sector, the State government in association with NTPC has established International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Naya Raipur, which includes two branches of Computer Science and Electronics with 60-seats in each branch available for admission.
Pandey said that skill development of youth is the priority of the State government.
At the time of State’s formation, ITIs were in only 13 districts of the State and total seats available were 5960. Presently, total 172 ITIs are running in State, with 19,360 seats. livelihood Colleges are also being run in the State to provide short-term professional courses to youngsters.