Approved amount: 1,194.92 crore rupees (≈ 1.2 trillion rupees).
State clusters: Kataka (Odisha), Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra), Jammu and Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir).
Industry partners: Tata Steel Foundation, BVG India, Belrise Industries, Eagle Infra India, Inderdeep Infra India.
Objectives: modern facilities, International Standards Organization certification, inclusion of at least one World Skills competition trade, stronger industry participation.
Training of Trainers: 3,744 trainers trained as of October 2026.
The projects cover clusters of industrial training institutes in Maharashtra, Odisha and Jammu & Kashmir.
Funding will modernise infrastructure, add industry‑aligned courses, and improve trainer capacity.
Each cluster will operate as a lead institute with four partner institutes, following a hub‑and‑spoke model.
The scheme also continues its Training of Trainers programme, which has already trained over 3,700 instructors.
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