Srinagar, Oct. 17 -- The Centre has approved a combined investment of Rs.475.41 crore to upgrade two Industrial Training Institute (ITI) clusters in Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) scheme.

The National Steering Committee (NSC) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship approved Rs.240 crore for the Jammu ITI cluster in partnership with Eagle Infra India Limited and Rs.235.41 crore for the Srinagar ITI cluster in partnership with Inderdeep Infra India Limited.

The approvals were granted during the committee's sixth meeting, held on Friday under the chairpersonship of Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepr...