Current Affairs - State - Discussion

The Central Government sanctioned the establishment of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Raichur, Karnataka. Prakash Javadekar, Union Human Resource Development Minister, said that, the required funds for IIIT-Raichur will be allocated in the 2018 Budget. Karnataka has been ordered to allocate alternative infrastructure for the institute for the academic year 2018-19 until it finds a land for the construction of a permanent campus.