Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

On Going Schemes
Centrally Sponsored Schemes
TE-1 Creation of infrastructural facilities for running Diploma courses for
Food Processing (75:25)
351
Outlay- Rs. 1.00 lac
11.2.2 Punjab is mainly an agriculture based economy, however no attention has
been paid to the food processing industry inspite of availability of agricultural raw materials.
Due to this reason the industry in Punjab could not compete in the international market. The
state government intends to introduce a three years diploma course in Food Technology in
ten government polytechnics in the first phase as per guidelines of the Ministry of Food
Processing for producing technically trained manpower. The ten government polytechnics in
which the government wants to introduce three year’s diploma course are- Government
Polytechnic for Women- Ropar, Patiala, Ludhiana and Jalandhar; J.R. Government
Polytechnic, Hoshiarpur; Government Polytechnic- Amritsar, Bathinda, Khunimajra, Batala
and Bhikhiwind. It will generate employment opportunities for transporters, cold storage and
processing industry. The scheme will be executed on 75:25 basis between Government of
India and Government of Punjab. The approval of GoI is still awaited.
11.2.3 An outlay of Rs. 625.00 lac as state share and Rs. 1875.00 lac as Government
of India share is provided for the 11 th Five Year Plan. No expenditure was incurred sofar as
the scheme is yet to be approved by the GoI. An outlay of Rs. 4.00 lac (Rs. 3.00 lac GoI
share + Rs. 1.00 lac as state share) is provided for the Annual Plan 2011-12.
TE-7 Implementation of Technical Education Quality Improvement
Programme (TEQIP-II) (75:25)
Outlay – Rs. 339.00 lac
11.2.4 Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-II) was
envisaged in 2003. The programme is to be implemented in three phases for transformation
of the technical education system. The first phase was commenced in 2003 and ended in
2009. Now the second phase has commenced with the duration from 2010 to 2014. The State
of Punjab is being covered in 2 nd phase. The programme is being implemented by the
Ministry of Human Resource and Development.