Pariksha SaathiPM-SETU: AM/NS India to Upgrade Nine Government ITIs in Surat and Visakhapatnam Under ₹440 Crore Plan
Two clusters of Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) — five in Surat, Gujarat, and four in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh — will be modernised with steelmaker ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) as the industry partner, the Skill Development Ministry announced on 12 October 2026. Shareholders' agreements were signed by the ministry's Directorate General of Training, the two state governments and AM/NS India under PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs). Each cluster will be run by a special purpose vehicle in which the company holds 51% and the Centre and the state hold 24.5% each. The approved investment is about ₹440 crore — ₹240 crore for Surat and ₹200 crore for Visakhapatnam — making it one of the biggest industry commitments so far among the first 14 investment plans, which add up to ₹3,446 crore. Planned work includes modern workshops, new industry-relevant trades, revised curricula and instructor training, with NAMTECH as the academic partner. PM-SETU has a total outlay of ₹60,000 crore and aims to upgrade 1,000 Government ITIs and strengthen five National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs).
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Learning context
PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on 4 October 2025, aiming to upgrade 1,000 government ITIs through a hub-and-spoke model of 200 Hub ITIs supporting 800 Spoke ITIs, with a total outlay of about ₹60,000 crore shared between the Centre, states and industry.
Reference: PM-SETU official portal (National Instructional Media Institute, MSDE)
Check yourself: does PM-SETU aim to build new ITIs from scratch?
No — its goal is to upgrade 1,000 existing government ITIs into modern, industry-aligned institutes through the hub-and-spoke model, not to set up new ones.
Revision task: from this release, note that AM/NS India is upgrading nine ITIs in Surat and Visakhapatnam under a ₹440 crore plan, and check whether these fall within the 200 Hub or 800 Spoke count described above.
Test yourself
PM-SETU, under which AM/NS India will upgrade nine Government ITIs, has a total outlay of how much, aiming to upgrade 1,000 ITIs?
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Answer: ₹60,000 crore
PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs) has a ₹60,000 crore outlay to upgrade 1,000 Government ITIs and strengthen five NSTIs; AM/NS India will upgrade nine ITIs in Surat and Visakhapatnam under a ₹440 crore plan.
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