Each skill college will have a capital expenditure of Rs 20 crores. For the operating expenditure, funds from the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramercy Kaushal Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and other schemes of the Government of India will be used.
Andhra Pradesh government has passed an order and accorded administrative sanction to the State Skill Development Corporation for the establishment of one skill development university and 30 skill development colleges across the state. One college will be set up in each of the 25 parliamentary constituencies, one each will be set up in IIITs across the state and one will be set up in Pulivendila, Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy's constituency.
The budget for creation posts, including non-recurring and recurring expenditure, has been proposed for Rs 1,211.65 crores (capital expenditure) and Rs 173.88 Crores (annual average operating expense over the Year 3 to Year 8).
Each skill college will have a capital expenditure of Rs 20 crores. For the operating expenditure, funds from the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramercy Kaushal Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and other schemes of the Government of India will be used.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation stone of the new medical colleges in virtual mode to boost healthcare facilities in the state. The 14 colleges will come up at Pulivendula, Paderu, Machilipatnam, Vizainagaram, Anakapalli, Rajahmundry, Amalapuram, Palakollu, Eluru, Bapatla, Markapuram, Madanapalli, Penukona, Nandyal and Adoni.
The other two medical colleges in Pulivendula and Paderu are already under construction. The 16 medical colleges will add to the existing 11 medical colleges, making the total number of medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh 27. With this, poor students will also get a chance to take admission in these colleges as 70 per cent of the seats will be filled in the convenor quota and 30 per cent in payment quota. The construction work is said to be completed in three years at an estimated cost of Rs 8,000 crore.
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