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As per the guidelines, the Centre volition supply superior concern up to Rs. 17.25 crore for an IDTR, Rs 5.5 crore for an RDTC and Rs 2.5 crore for a DTC.
Noting that a important fig of roadworthy accidents hap owed to the responsibility of drivers, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) person issued a caller argumentation to acceptable up driving grooming institutes crossed the country. Under the scheme, the ministry volition supply an assistance of Rs 4,500 crore successful a phased mode to acceptable up 1,600 specified institutes successful each 36 states and Union territories (UTs).
Officials said that the determination was taken successful a two-day gathering with transport ministers and transport secretaries successful the archetypal week of January. The caller argumentation provides higher incentives to the developer and changes the colonisation criteria with allocation of higher fig of specified centres. Currently, determination are a full of 28 functional driving grooming institutes, which person been acceptable up nether the MoRTH scheme. Under the scheme, 3 antithetic types of institutes specified arsenic Institute of Driving Training & Research (ITDRs), Regional Driving Training Centres (RDTCs) and Driving Training Centres (DTCs) volition beryllium developed. Out of the full allocation of 1,600 institutes, 26 ITDRs, 134 RDTCs and 1,427 DTCs volition beryllium acceptable up.
These centres volition supply facilities specified arsenic automated driving trial tracks, driving laboratories and workshops, driving grooming simulators, modern instrumentality specified arsenic Innovative Driving Test System (IDTS), among different initiatives, to bid drivers. Teaching immunodeficiency specified arsenic TV and DVD, computers and multimedia projectors for handling mentation classes connected postulation rules volition besides diagnostic successful the classrooms astatine these centres. The ministry has calculated that determination is simply a deficiency of 22 lakh skilled drivers successful India and successful astir 35,000 decease cases, drivers are recovered to beryllium driving without a valid license.
According to the revised guidelines of the scheme, the centres volition beryllium acceptable up successful 3-tier system, wherever IDTRs volition beryllium developed successful 10-15 acres with 1 IDTR for 2.5 crore people, RDTCs successful 3 acres with 1 RDTC for 1 crore radical and DTCs volition beryllium constructed successful 2 acres with 1 DTC per territory and an further DTC for each 10 lakh people. Earlier, the colonisation criteria for IDTR was 5 crore, 2.5 crore for a RDTC and 20 lakh for DTC. For north-eastern States and UTs, 1 RDTC volition beryllium acceptable up successful each authorities irrespective of the colonisation criteria.
As per the guidelines, the Centre volition supply superior concern up to Rs. 17.25 crore for an IDTR, Rs 5.5 crore for an RDTC and Rs 2.5 crore for a DTC. While the assistance remains the aforesaid for IDTR and RDTC successful the caller policy, it has accrued from Rs 1 crore to 2.5 crore for a DTC. Thereafter, the authorities volition person to instrumentality the strategy connected its own. State governments and immoderate different agencies specified arsenic authorities transport undertakings, transport companies oregon associations, NGOs, backstage party, etc., tin nonstop proposals and these centres volition beryllium acceptable up and operated done a concern betwixt authorities governments and backstage developers.
Officials said that the online portal for exertion and monitoring is going to beryllium acceptable up soon. Currently, a full of 32 proposals are nether consideration.
The information disposable with MoRTH shows that portion a full of 31 IDTRs, 14 RDTCs and 41 DTCs person been presently sanctioned to the states, the completion of these centres appears to beryllium precise slow.
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According to the written reply provided by the Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari successful the Lok Sabha connected Thursday, retired of a full of 11 RDTCs sanctioned during the past 5 years, lone 2 person been completed and grooming commenced.
Dheeraj Mishra is simply a Principal analogous with The Indian Express, Business Bureau. He covers India’s 2 cardinal ministries- Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. He often uses the Right to Information (RTI) Act for his stories, which person resulted successful galore impactful reports. ... Read More
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