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Land for IIT at Hassan Will Be Provided Within a Month, Says Minister
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Hassan wants an IIT within a month's land: the Karnataka higher-education infrastructure story GS-2 aspirants should track
Hassan IIT land will be handed over within a month if the institute is sanctioned.
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What you need to know
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Excise Minister and Hassan in-charge Minister K.M.
Shivalinge Gowda said the State is committed to providing the land needed if an Indian Institute of Technology is sanctioned for Hassan, and that the district administration will make it available within a month.
Officials were also told to clear pending compensation to farmers.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- Excise Minister K.M. Shivalinge Gowda is the Hassan in-charge Minister.
- The State has promised to provide land within a month if an IIT is sanctioned for Hassan.
- The district administration will make the land available.
- Officials were told to clear pending compensation to farmers.
- IITs are Institutions of National Importance, set up by Parliament under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
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- IITs are declared Institutions of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
- Education is in the Concurrent List, so both the Centre and the States have a role in setting up institutions.
- Land for a central institution is generally provided by the State government, while the Centre sanctions and funds the institute.
மெயின்ஸ்
GS-2: Government policies and interventions in education, and Centre-State relations. Issue: a new central institute depends on the State supplying land quickly and settling farmers' compensation. Policy: the Centre sanctions and funds, the State provides land, and compensation is governed by the land acquisition law. Implication: regionally balanced access to technical education. Way forward: fair and timely compensation, transparent acquisition and early sanction.
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