India, May 7 -- The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved expansion of academic and infrastructure capacity (Phase-'B' construction) of five new IlTs which had been established in the States/UT of Andhra Pradesh (IIT Tirupati), Kerala (IIT Palakkad), Chhattisgarh (IIT Bhilai), Jammu & Kashmir (IIT Jammu) and Karnataka (HT Dharwad).

The total cost for the same is Rs.11,828.79 crore over a period of four years from 2025-26 to 2028-29.

The Cabinet has also approved creation of 130 faculty posts (at the level of Professor i.e. Level 14 & above) in these IlTs.

Five new state-of-art research parks are also coming up to strengthen industry-academia linkage.

Implementation strategy and targets:

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