With a view to setting up of new polytechnics in the un-served district of the states, the Government of India (GOI) has approved four new Polytechnics for Punjab.

Disclosing this here on Wednesday 18 nov 2009, Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Punjab Swarna Ram said that these new Polytechnics would be established in districts Kapurthala, Bhagat Singh Nagarr (Nawanshehar), Barnala and Fatehgarh Sahib. A sum of Rs. 12.30 crore per Polytechnics would be provided by the GOI and where as the land and development charges would be borne by the state government.

Out of Rs. 12.30 crores Rs. 8.00 crore would be spent on civil works and Rs. 4.30 crore would be spent on equipment, machinery, furniture, transport and learning resource material. The first installment of Rs. 2 crore per districts has already been released by the government of India, he added.

The Minister further said that the emphasis should be given to enhance hardware courses in electronic and electrical courses. The admissions in these polytechnics would be made alongwith the other polytechnics of the State as per admission procedure criteria and guidelines, he added.