Tata and Bihar government to improve and modernise 149 ITIs

PATNA: The Government of Bihar on Tuesday, December 28, approved a Rs 4606 crore worth project for upgrading over 149 state-owned Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). According to Sanjay Kumar, Additional Chief Secretariat, Government of Bihar, the project will be handled in conjunction with Tata Technologies.

An official informed that the state government will be signing a Memorandum of Association (MoA) with Tata Technologies for this project. He further stated that over 88 per cent of the cost will be funded by the company and the rest will be borne by the state government. 

The first phase of the project would emphasise 60 centers whose existing infrastructure will be modernised by March 2022. The remaining 89 will be worked upon and finished by March 2023.