The Union Cabinet is learnt to have approved funds worth Rs 7,000 crore for the establishment of permanent campuses of six IITs across the country today, government sources here said.
A total of Rs 7,002.42 crore has been approved for IIT campuses in Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwad (Karnataka), Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) and Goa, the sources said.
There was no official statement on this from the government.
Published 24 October 2017, 16:04 IST