No New IIT Or IIM Opened In Last Five Years: Education Ministry In Rajya Sabha

Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar has informed the Rajya Sabha that no new IIT or IIM has been opened in the country in the last five years.

No New IIT or IIM In Last 5 years: Education Ministry

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The union has informed that No new IIT or IIM have been opened in the country in the past five years. Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar shared the information in Rajya Sabha today, in response to a written question from Congress MP Kumar Ketkar. The data shared by the minister further revealed that there are a total of 23 IITs and 20 IIMs operational in the country at the moment. However, the information shared by the education ministry did reveal that a total of 242 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been established in the country in the past five years. The list of 242 new institutions in the last 5 years includes 90 state universities, 140 state private universities, 8 central universities, and 4 Deemed to be universities. 

Notably, the Education Ministry has been answering various questions in the Rajya Sabha from opposition parties. In response to a question from AAP MP Sandeep Kumar Pathak about the establishment of new educational institutions, the Education Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on July 26 that a total of 314 new universities and 4,725 colleges were set up across the country from 2015-16 to 2020-21. 

Congress Takes Jibe At PM Modi

Following the information shared by the Education Ministry in the Rajya Sabha today that there was no new IIT or IIM in the past 5 years, Congress was quick to hit back at the Prime Minister. Taking a jibe at PM Modi, Congress said through its Twitter handle that PM Modi says in America that a new IIT and IIM are being established in India every year, while the Union Government states in the Rajya Sabha today that no new IIT or IIM has been set up in the past five years. Why does PM Modi lie so much?