The Government has announced to set-up five more IITs in the Jammu & Kashmir, Chattisgrah, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Similarly, five new IIMs will be set-up in the States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra. For this, a sum of ₹ 500 crore has been allocated in the Budget. Presenting his Maiden Budget in Parliament here today, the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that the country needs a large number of Centres of higher learning which are world class and accordingly declare to set-up Jai Prakash Narayan National Centre for Excellence in humanities in Madhya Pradesh.

Shri Jaitley announced “Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya New Teachers Training Programme” to infuse new training tools and motivate teachers with an initial corpus of ₹ 500 crore. He said that for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan a provision of ₹ 28, 635 crore has been made while for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan ₹ 4,966 crores have been allocated. The Government will also strive to provide toilets and drinking water in all the girls school in first phase, the Minister added.

To take advantage of the reach of the IT, the Finance Minister allocated a sum of ₹ 100 crore for setting up virtual classrooms as Communication Linked Interface for Cultivating Knowledge (CLICK) and online courses.

Higher education expansion: five new IITs and five new IIMs announced, with teacher training and digital classroom initiatives. National programme to establish five new IITs and five new IIMs in specified states with budgetary support, creation of a national centre for humanities, a named teachers' training programme with initial corpus, allocations for elementary and secondary education schemes, targeted provision of toilets and drinking water in girls' schools, and funding for virtual classrooms and online courses under a digital learning interface.