Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah, inaugurated the new campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jammu.
The new campus of IIT Jammu, built at a cost of Rs 210 crore, provides all facilities like hostels, gymnasium and indoor games along with higher education to students.
He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects for Jammu and Kashmir.
Many schemes have been inaugurated. There was a time when there were only four medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir and now seven new medical colleges have been established in Jammu and Kashmir, out of which five have started.
Earlier there were 500 medical seats, now 2,000 students pursue their MBBS degree. There was also a discussion on the training of children from Jammu and Kashmir by opening a satellite campus so that more children from Jammu and Kashmir can be admitted to the IIT.
The investment will help create five lakh new jobs in the Union Territory. So far, land has been allotted for an investment of Rs 7,000 crore in Jammu and Rs. 5,000 crore in Kashmir.
Till now an investment of Rs 12,000 crore has been received and before 2022 an investment of around Rs 51,000 crore will be received.
With this, five lakh youth of Jammu will get jobs. Nine medical colleges, 15 nursing colleges, IITs, NITs, IIMs, NIFT, IIMC, two Cancer Institutes, polytechnics, B Sc nursing colleges, many institutes have been built and started here.
Apart from this a Metro project will be developed in Jammu. The Metro is about to start in Jammu and Srinagar. Land has been allotted for Jammu airport which will be developed with Rs 700 crore.