Both Orissa govt. as well as Orissa Congress minister in Orissa neglect in pursuing NIFT
November 26th, 2007
In https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=304 and https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=178 we mentioned reports regarding Orissa Congress central minister Mr. Chandrasekhar Sahu pursuing NIFT and getting assurance to get one for Orissa. However, today’s PIB below tells us that Orissa might miss the bus with respect to NIFT. See http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=33181.
The Union Government proposes to open new Fashion and Textile Technology Institutes during the Eleventh Plan period. New Centres of National Institute of Fashion Technology are being set up subject to the conditions that the State Government is willing to provide land and financial support and fulfillment of feasibility conditions. Decisions about the new centres are taken by NIFT Board, a Statutory body under Ministry of Textiles, as and when the proposals from State governments are received. This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri N.N. Krishnadas and Shri Tathagata Satpathy.
The Minister further informed that proposals have been received from Government of Bihar and Government of Kerala for setting up NIFT Centre in their states. No formal proposal has been received from Government of Orissa.
He further stated that proposal for setting up of NIFT Centre in Bihar has been approved by NIFT Board and the matter has been taken up with State Government for allotment of land and funding support. Proposal for setting up of NIFT Centre in Kannur, Kerala will be placed for consideration of the Board in its next meeting.
Entry Filed under: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1),NIFT, Bhubaneswar,Odisha HRD in Parliament
2 Writeup
1. Biswanath | November 27th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
“No formal proposal has been received from Government of Orissa”, this is what the PIB release says and going by this the State Government has failed in sending a proposal in the first place. So, how come Chandrasekhar Sahu is responsible for this. Credit must go to him that he pursued the concerned Union Minister, but unless the state governmnet is keen this can’t be realised.
2. Chitta Baral | November 27th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
In my opinion, for the benefit of Orissa, Mr. Sahu should have urged the state government to send a formal proposal, if that is what was needed. (He has done that with respect to other issues. See http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/?p=930) Instead, his reports say that he was assured of an NIFT by the central minister of textiles. That may have given a false sense to the state government. If the minister of Textiles needed a formal proposal, he should have mentioned Mr. Sahu regarding the necessity of a proposal and Mr. Sahu should have then passed on the news to the state government.
On the other hand the state government should be smart and proactive like the one in Bihar and send proposals to all such opportunities.