In spite of reports which said that there would be no IIT for Himachal Pradesh this time, reports from PTI weave an altogether different story.As per a PTI report, the HR minister Arjun Singh has already sanctioned 4 IIT’s for states of Himachal, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar. The locations of the institutes have been decided by the by the Prime Minister himself.
On being asked whether the decision comes after political considerations, the minister said that everything has been taken into an account.
