India, Jan. 11 -- The Delhi government has taken a major step towards developing Narela as a world class education and innovation hub, enhancing the project outlay from Rs 800 crore to Rs 1,300 crore and handing over key land parcels to universities to accelerate on ground execution.

Announcing the decision at a press conference on Friday, Ashish Sood, Minister for Education, said the move would have long term impact on higher and technical education in the capital.

As part of the latest allotments, Delhi Teachers University has been given 12.69 acres of land, while Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has received 22.43 acres within the Narela Education City. The land transfer is expected to give concrete momentum to the project, ...