15 Technology Training Centres to be set up across country

PUDUCHERRY: The Centre would set up 15 Technology Training Centres in the country during the current five year plan with an outlay of Rs 2,200 crore, Union Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) K H Muniyappa said today.

Laying the foundation for a Rs 100 crore Technology Training Centre at the IT Park here, he said the MSME ministry had already set up 18 such training centres. He said manufacturing industries' contributed over 15 per cent of the country's GDP.

Muniyappa said funds to the tune of around Rs 24,000 crore have been allocated for the MSME sector in the 12th plan as against Rs 11,000 crore in the previous plan period.