Chandigarh: Sirsa MP Kumari Selja on Tuesday raised the demand for establishing an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in educationally backward districts like Sirsa and Fatehabad. The responding minister, however, elaborated on such institutions in Haryana. In her question raised in the Lok Sabha, MP Kumari Selja asked the central govt whether there is a proposal to establish new IITs in the country and whether priority will be given to establishing such institutions in educationally backward districts like Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar and Jind. She also said that adequate land is available in these districts; therefore, establishing an IIT there would be an important step towards the development of the region and providing better opportunities for the youth.Minister of state Dr Sukanta Majumdar informed that currently 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are established and operational in the country. He said that in Haryana, the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Sonipat and Central University of Haryana are already established, which are institutions of national importance. The MoS also informed that an extension campus of IIT Delhi was established at Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Sonipat, Haryana, which is a centre for advanced research, innovation and industry collaboration.Selja also raised objections over the govt not giving a clear answer on this issue, and said that higher technical education institutions should be established in educationally backward districts on a priority basis. She said that if an IIT is established in areas like Sirsa and Fatehabad, it will provide better opportunities for higher technical education to students of the entire region and will also give new momentum to the overall development of the area.‘Expensive medicines beyond reach of poor’Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana Kiran Chaudhary on Tuesday raised the serious issue of uncontrolled prices of medicines in the country and the financial burden it is placing on common patients in the House. She said that uncontrolled medicine prices are severely impacting patients. Expensive medicines are beyond the reach of the common man, causing them immense hardship. Chaudhary said that many medicines, whose manufacturing cost is only a few paise or a few rupees per tablet, are being sold in the market for Rs 30 to Rs 35. MSID:: 129398685 413 |
