New Delhi, May 7 -- The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the expansion of infrastructure and academic capacity (Phase-B construction) at five newer Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) - Tirupati, Palakkad, Bhilai, Jammu, and Dharwad. The total outlay for this development is Rs.11,828.79 crore over four years (2025-26 to 2028-29).

The expansion aims to increase the total student capacity from 7,111 to 13,687 - an addition of 6,576 seats across undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD programmes. The intake is expected to grow annually with 1,364 additional students in the first year, scaling up to 1,707 by the fourth year.

To support this academic growth, the Cabinet also sanctioned 130 new faculty positi...