Update: Tathya.in wrote an article on this. Pioneer also wrote about this.
Following is from the PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=33600.
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in his address delivered to the Nation on the occasion of the 60th Independence Day had, inter-alia, announced the setting up of eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country during the Eleventh Five Year Plan. The Central Government have received requests from various State Governments including Governments of Uttar Pradesh & Orissa to set up new IITs in their States. Based on the recommendation of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, under the Chairmanship of Prof. C.N.R. Rao, the Government have already decided to establish three new IITs, one each in Bihar in the East, Rajasthan in the West and Andhra Pradesh in the South, during the 11th Plan period. Decision on the location of the remaining Institutes has not yet been taken.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D. Purandeswari in written replies in Rajya Sabha today.
Following is from another PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=33599.
Madhya Pradesh is already having various centrally funded technical educational institutions viz. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal; Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (ABV-IITM), Gwalior; Pt. Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (PDPM-IITDM), Jabalpur and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Indore. Further, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) has been approved to be established in Bhopal. Planning Commission has given its ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up a School of Planning and Architecture in Bhopal. At present there is no proposal to upgrade Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior (ABVIIITMG) as an IIT.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D. Purandeswari in a written reply to a question by Smt. Maya Singh in Rajya Sabha today.
December 3rd, 2007
Ashram Schools in tribal areas is another central govt. scheme. However, as the following PIB shows, Orissa has not been taking advantage of it in recent years. (Orissa did take advantage of it in the past.) Its not clear if this is because Orissa decided to focus more on the Ekalavya Vidyalayas as in case of the Ekalavya Vidyalayas the funding is 100% from the central govt. while in case of the Ashram Schools the funding is 50% central and 50% state. In any case, here is the recent PIB on Ashram Schools.
Ministry releases grants to the States for construction of Ashram School in Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) Areas, boys and girls hostels and Post Matric Scholarship is a continuous process. The grant-in-aid is released only if the proposals are complete in all respects including availability of land free of cost, confirmation about availability of matching share in the State budget, Utilization Certificate for grants released in previous years and physical progress reports in respect of proposals sanctioned in previous years and the availability of funds. This was stated by the Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri P.R. Kyndiah in a reply to a question by Shri M.A.M. Ramswamy in Rajya Sabha today.
The scheme-wise and year-wise funds released to States/UTs including Karnataka during last three years are as follows:
Grant in aid released under the scheme of Ashram Schools in TSP Areas
|
S.No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
2004-05
|
2005-06
|
2006-07
|
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
|
1.
|
Gujarat
|
86.49
|
200.00
|
156.52
|
|
2.
|
Madhya Pd.
|
300.00
|
200.00
|
624.01
|
|
3.
|
Karnataka
|
77.51
|
150.00
|
400.00
|
|
4.
|
Maharashtra
|
86.00
|
50.00
|
256.71
|
|
5.
|
Chattishgarh
|
0
|
0
|
112.76
|
|
|
Total
|
550.00
|
600.00
|
1550.00
|
Grant released under the scheme of Boys/Girls Hostel to various State Govt. during the last three years.
(Rs. in lakh)
|
S. No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
2004-05
|
2005-06
|
2006-07
|
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
|
1.
|
Andhra Pd.
|
0
|
0
|
120.00
|
|
2.
|
Gujarat
|
67.60
|
0
|
0
|
|
3.
|
Himachal Pd.
|
0
|
108.18
|
82.39
|
|
4.
|
Madhya Pd.
|
300.00
|
724.00
|
305.00
|
|
5.
|
Manipur
|
0
|
142.70
|
123.51
|
|
6.
|
Meghalaya
|
0
|
0
|
200.00
|
|
7.
|
Orissa
|
0
|
0
|
56.50
|
|
8.
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
0
|
190.50
|
|
9.
|
West Bengal
|
0
|
6.71
|
0
|
|
10.
|
J & K
|
0
|
0
|
204.99
|
|
11.
|
Karnataka
|
120.00
|
86.00
|
170.79
|
|
12.
|
Maharashtra
|
242.04
|
194.46
|
0
|
|
13.
|
Nagaland
|
151.00
|
116.52
|
221.09
|
|
14.
|
IIT Delhi
|
234.88
|
64.21
|
440.91
|
|
15.
|
Jharkhand
|
98.86
|
0
|
250.16
|
|
16.
|
Chattishgarh
|
0
|
0
|
165.00
|
|
17.
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
20.50
|
21.43
|
180.07
|
|
18.
|
Punjab University, Chandigarh
|
65.12
|
100.79
|
0
|
|
19.
|
Delhi University
|
0
|
0
|
100.00
|
|
|
Total
|
1300.00
|
1565.00
|
2810.91
|
December 3rd, 2007